Highlight • Lake
Bow Lake
Road cycling
5.0
(4)
Hiking
5.0
(3)
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Jule 🌾
July 31, 2018
Road cycling
Great for a short stop. During our visit, the water surface was wonderfully quiet and the mountains have fabulously mirrored in the lake.
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Hubert Trapp
February 13, 2025
Hiking
Bow Lake is the headwaters of the Bow River, which flows south through the city of Calgary and then empties into the Oldman River and ultimately into Hudson Bay. The Icefields Parkway runs along the lake and is a good place to see the Crowfoot Glacier & Mountain and Mount Thompson.
(Visit May 30, 2018)
(Visit May 30, 2018)
Andrus
September 12, 2025
While Lake Louise and Moraine Lake get all of the attention, Bow Lake is just as beautiful but somehow lesser known despite being right along the Icefields Parkway. This is a must stop viewpoint and if you can try to time a lunch or longer break here to enjoy the view for as long as possible.
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Elevation 1,950 m
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