Bow Valley Provincial Park
51.0723° N, 115.1004° W
Bow Valley Provincial Park, Alberta. 51.0723° N, 115.1004° W
Provincial park, 32.5 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ab/bow-valley-provincial-park/, compiled October 9, 2026
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- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
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Bow Valley Provincial Park is a 32.5 km² provincial park beside Kananaskis, in Alberta. It was established in 1959.
4 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Barrier Lake (2.8 km²).
- Area
- 32.5 km²
- Established
- 1959
- Named lakes
- 4
Conditions today
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT · issued Thu 3:43 p.m. MDT
The first accumulating snow of the season is expected late this week, which may affect holiday travel.
Rain will continue to spread across northern Alberta today. Precipitation will change to snow on Friday in west-central regions, and for much of the province by Saturday.
Many areas of Alberta are expected to see accumulating snow on Saturday, possibly including the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. The highest snowfall amounts are expected in western parts of the province, including Grande Cache, Hinton, Nordegg and Rocky Mountain House where snow totals of 10 to 25 cm are currently forecast. Snow amounts for other areas of the province remain uncertain.
Snow will taper off from north to south on Sunday.
Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ABstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #ABStorm.
Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 7:43 a.m. MDT
2.7 °C
Observed at Bow Valley (Provincial Park), as of Thu 10:00 p.m. MDT
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Wind becoming west 30 km/h gusting to 50 after midnight. Low 9.
Weather: Bow Valley (Provincial Park) (local forecast), as of Thu 10:00 p.m. MDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:21 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:54 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:00 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:33 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:51 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:19 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrier Lake | 2.8 km² |
| 2 | Lac des Arcs | 2.51 km² |
| 3 | Chilver Lake | 0.39 km² |
| 4 | Gap Lake | 0.28 km² |
Waterfalls
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Parks Division, Alberta Forestry and Parks
Photos
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