Bow City is a former village
located in
southeast Alberta,
Canada
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. It is located on
Highway 539 on the south shore of the
Bow River
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approximately southwest of the City of
Brooks
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. The Hamlet of
Bow City is located to the east on the north side of the Bow River in the
County of Newell
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.
History
The Village of Bow City was incorporated on July 13, 1914 through a proclamation issued by Wilfred Gariepy, Minister of
Municipal Affairs
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.
It subsequently dissolved on April 17, 1918.
Bow City impact crater
According to
Wired magazine
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a paper presented at an
American Geophysical Union Conference in December 2012 by Wei Xie of the
University of Alberta
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described a buried crater under Bow City.
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Demographics
In the 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces, Bow City had a population of 28.
See also
*
List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
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References
External links
Bow City – Ghost TownBow City Townsite - 1910
Ghost towns in Alberta
Former villages in Alberta
Vulcan County
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