Bow City, Alberta (former village) explained
| Bow City |
| Settlement Type: | Former village |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Vulcan#Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the former Village of Bow City |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 5 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Vulcan County |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Vulcan County Council |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated (village) |
| Established Date2: | July 13, 1914 |
| Established Title3: | Dissolved |
| Established Date3: | April 17, 1918 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
| Coordinates: | 50.425°N -112.273°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
| Blank1 Info: | Bow River |
Bow City is a former village[1] located in southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 539 on the south shore of the Bow River approximately 31km (19miles) southwest of the City of Brooks. The Hamlet of Bow City is located 3.5km (02.2miles) 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.[2] It subsequently dissolved on April 17, 1918.[3]
Bow City impact crater
See main article: 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.[4] [5] [6]
Demographics
In the 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces, Bow City had a population of 28.[7]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 1916 Census of Alberta - Detailed Subdivisions . Ontario Genealogical Society . January 2011 . 2011-07-13.
- Web site: The Village of Bow City . Forgotten Alberta . 2010-07-04 . 2011-07-13 . 2012-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327155725/http://forgottenalberta.com/2010/07/04/the-village-of-bow-city/ . dead .
- Web site: This village is being disorganized . Forgotten Alberta . 2010-09-20 . 2011-07-13 . 2012-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327155733/http://forgottenalberta.com/2010/09/20/%e2%80%9cthis-village-is-being-disorganized%e2%80%9d/ . dead .
- News: New Buried Asteroid Impact Crater Discovered in Canada . . Nadia Drake . Nadia Drake . December 4, 2012 . February 12, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130212011421/http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/buried-bow-city-impact-crater . "I was really surprised," said Wei Xie, a graduate student in geophysics at the University of Alberta, who presented the find on Dec. 3 at the American Geophysical Union conference. So far, Xie says, only a handful of these buried craters are known. That's likely to change. "Our technology is really improving," she said..
- News: Ancient asteroid impact crater discovered near Alberta ghost town . Geekquinox . Scott Sutherland . December 4, 2012 . December 8, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121208040141/http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/ancient-asteroid-impact-crater-discovered-near-alberta-ghost-205357267.html . The seismic map of the crater shows the structure of it quite well, with its low-lying interior and characteristic central peak. The team also noted some potentially unique features of the crater, which indicate that some of the sediments were pushed directly outward from the impact, rather than being blown upwards (as would be expected)..
- News: Grad student finds new asteroid crater in southern Alberta . . Rosemary Westwood . December 6, 2012 . The crater has long been covered over and is estimated to be about 70 million years old. It took an analysis of data from boreholes drilled in the area and seismic wave surveys to show the giant crater below the surface. Xie and her colleagues will continue to search for definite proof, and they are looking for evidence of impact known as "shocked minerals." . February 19, 2013.
- Web site: Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1916 . Dominion Bureau of Statistics . Population and Agriculture . Ottawa . 1918 . August 9, 2022.
