Glenbow is a locality in southern

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, in Rocky View County located northwest of the City of

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and east of the Town of

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on Highway 1A. It is now part of the

Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Calgary Region of Alberta, Canada. The majority of the park is located on the north bank of the Bow River within Rocky View County. Portions of the eastern and western extremities of the ...

. The Glenbow area is immediately west of Rocky View County's Bearspaw area. The name Glenbow is descriptive and refers to its location: it lies 'in a glen on the Bow' ( Bow River). The name is a

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station was established at Glenbow in 1907. The post office operated from September 1, 1908 to October 15, 1920. Glenbow was well known for its

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quarry that supplied building material for Calgary's early commercial and institutional developments. The Glenbow Museum in Calgary is named after this area.

References

*Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). ''Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta'', University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta. *Read, Tracey (1983).
Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View
', Calgary, Alberta.

External links

* Calgary Region Localities in Rocky View County {{CalgaryRegion-geo-stub