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Bow City
Former village
Bow City is located in Vulcan County
Bow City
Bow City
Location in Vulcan County
Bow City is located in Alberta
Bow City
Bow City
Location in Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Southern Alberta
Census division 5
Municipal district Vulcan County
Incorporated (village) July 13, 1914
Dissolved April 17, 1918
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s) 403, 587, 825
Waterways Bow River

Bow City is a former village located in southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 539 on the south shore of the Bow River approximately 31 km (19 mi) southwest of the City of Brooks. The Hamlet of Bow City is located 3.5 km (2.2 mi) to the east on the north side of the Bow River in the County of Newell.

History

The Village of Bow City was incorporated on July 13, 1914 through a proclamation issued by Wilfred Gariepy, Minister of Municipal Affairs. It subsequently dissolved on April 17, 1918.

Bow City impact crater

According to Wired magazine a paper presented at an American Geophysical Union Conference in December 2012 by Wei Xie of the University of Alberta described a buried crater under Bow City.

Demographics

Population history
of Bow City
Year Pop. ±%
1916 28 —    
Source: Statistics Canada

In the 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces, Bow City had a population of 28.

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