Bow Valley Provincial Park

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Kananaskis Country - Bow Valley PP Provincial Park
IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)
Kananaskis Country - Bow Valley PP Provincial Park
Location of Bow Valley Park in Kananaskis Country
Location of Bow Valley Park in Kananaskis Country
Location: Alberta, Canada
Nearest city: Canmore
Coordinates: 51°01′52″N, 115°02′09″W
Area: 32.87 km²
Established: July 27, 1959
Governing body: Alberta Community Development,
Bow Valley Park Campgrounds

Bow Valley Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada. Established in 1959 in the arch of Bow River, at the confluence with Kananaskis River, the park is one park of many within Kananaskis Country park system.

Entering the park
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Entering the park

The park features setting for trout fishing in the Bow River and spectacular mountain scenery, being located immediately east of the Rocky Mountains in the Bow Valley.

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[edit] Bow Valley Wildland

A much larger area, the Bow Valley Provincial Wildland Park contains the 575 km² Yamnuska Natural Area that protects the sub-alpine ecosystem present in the Canadian Rockies foothills, between the Kananaskis park system and the Banff National Park, which it borders to the west[1].

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  1. ^ Alberta Community Development - Kananaskis Country - Bow Valley WP Wildland Park

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