Bow Lake (Alberta)

For other uses, see Bow Lake (disambiguation).
Bow Lake

Bow Lake at a roadside turnout on Alberta Highway 93
Location Banff National Park, Alberta
Coordinates 51°39′52″N 116°26′55″W / 51.66444°N 116.44861°W / 51.66444; -116.44861Coordinates: 51°39′52″N 116°26′55″W / 51.66444°N 116.44861°W / 51.66444; -116.44861
Lake type Glacial lake located in alberta
Primary inflows Bow River
Primary outflows Bow River
Basin countries Canada
Max. length 3.2 km (2.0 mi)
Max. width 1.2 km (0.75 mi)
Surface area 3.21 km2 (1.24 sq mi)
Surface elevation 1,920 m (6,300 ft)

Bow Lake is a small lake in western Alberta, Canada. It is located on the Bow River, in the Canadian Rockies, at an altitude of 1920 m.

A view of Bow Lake and Crowfoot Mountain

The lake lies south of the Bow Summitt, east of the Waputik Range (views including Wapta Icefield, Bow Glacier, Bow Peak, Mount Thompson, Crowfoot Glacier and Crowfoot Mountain) and west of the Dolomite Pass, Dolomite Peak and Cirque Peak.

Bow Lake is one of the lakes that line the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, other such lakes being Hector Lake, Lake Louise, Peyto Lake, Mistaya Lake, Waterfowl Lakes, Chephren Lake and Sunwapta Lake.[1]

Historical Simspon's Num-Ti-Jah Lodge is located on the shores of Bow Lake[2]

Bow Lake is the closest lake to the headwaters of Bow River, and has a total area of 3.21 km². Water in the lake is meltwater of the Bow Glacier.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Canadian Rockies (1996). "The Icefields Parkway". Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  2. ↑ Tim Whyte


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