The Bow River pathway is a pathway system developed along the banks of the Bow River

Bow River

The Bow River is a river in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River, and is considered the headwater of the Nelson River....

 in the city of Calgary. It contains a network of pedestrian and bicycle paths connecting parks on both sides of the river.

The pathway is used for cycling

Cycling

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, hiking

Hiking

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, jogging

Jogging

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, as well as rollerblading and skateboarding

Skateboarding

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. The paths are connected with a system that extends along the Elbow River

Elbow River

The Elbow River is a river located in southern Alberta, Canada. It flows from the Canadian Rockies to the city of Calgary, where it merges into the Bow River....

 and other areas of the city.

Recreation areas

Recreation areas connected by the pathway include:

Recreation area	Type	Location	Remarks
Valley Ridge Golf Course	Golf Course	Right bank 51.10067°N 114.23650°W
Bowness Park Bowness Park, Calgary Bowness Park is a urban park on the Bow River in Bowness, a neighbourhood in the north-west quadrant of the City of Calgary. It is popular in the summer for picnics and boating, and in winter for ice skating on the lagoon and the canal which feeds it....	City park	right bank 51.09810°N 114.22005°W
Baker Park	City park	left bank 51.10080°N 114.22101°W
Bowmont Natural Area	Natural area	left bank 51.09436°N 114.19019°W
Shouldice Park	City park	left bank 51.07259°N 114.17254°W
Edworthy Park Edworthy Park Edworthy Park is a city park located in the southwest section of Calgary along the south shore of the Bow River. The Canadian Pacific Railway crosses the length of the park....	City park	right bank 51.06236°N 114.15829°W
Shaganappi Point Golf Course	Golf Course	right bank 51.04546°N 114.12670°W
Broadview Park	City park	left bank 51.04985°N 114.10706°W
Telus World of Science TELUS World of Science Telus World of Science is a "brand" for a number of science centre, planetarium, and space centre facilities in Canada sponsored by Telus, a Canadian telecommunications company...	Museum, science centre	right bank 51.04770°N 114.09081°W
Shaw Millennium Park Millennium Park (Calgary) Millennium Park is a skatepark in Calgary, Alberta. It was built on the western end of downtown Calgary, on the site of the former Mewata Stadium adjacent to Mewata Armouries and the Telus World of Science....	Skatepark Skatepark A skatepark is a purpose-built recreational environment made for skateboarding, BMX, aggressive inline skating and scooters. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, quarter pipes, spine transfers, handrails, funboxes, vert ramps, pyramids, banked ramps, full pipes, pools, bowls, snake runs stairsets,...	right bank 51.04601°N 114.09211°W
Eau Claire Park	City park	right bank 51.05209°N 114.08045°W
Prince's Island Park	City park	on Prince's Island 51.05573°N 114.07017°W
Sunnyside Park	City park	left bank 51.05823°N 114.06748°W	in south-east Sunnyside Sunnyside, Calgary Sunnyside is an innercity community in Calgary, Alberta located on the north side of the Bow River immediately adjacent to Calgary's downtown...
Sien Lok Park	City park	right bank 51.05328°N 114.06518°W	part of Chinatown Chinatown, Calgary Calgary's Chinatown is the fourth largest in Canada after those in Vancouver,Toronto, and Montreal. The size of Calgary's Chinatown is indicative of the relatively high proportion of people of Asian descent living in the city....
Bow River Park	City park	left bank 51.05420°N 114.06152°W
Fort Calgary Fort Calgary Fort Calgary was established in 1875 as Fort Brisebois by the North-West Mounted Police, located at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers in what is now Calgary, Alberta.-History:...	Historic park, museum	right bank 51.04536°N 114.04553°W	part of East Village, connects with Elbow River pathway
Calgary Zoo Calgary Zoo The Calgary Zoo is located in Bridgeland, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, just east of the city's downtown and adjacent to the Inglewood and East Village neighbourhoods. It is accessible via Calgary's C-Train light rail system, by car via Memorial Drive and by bicycle and footpath via the Bow River...	Zoo	on St George's Island 51.04540°N 114.03409°W	Zoo extends on left bank
Pearce Estate Wetland Pearce Estate Wetland The Pearce Estate Wetland is a city park located in Calgary, Alberta. The park occupies 21 hectares along the Bow River to the east of downtown Calgary. It is described as "constructed wetlands filled with native plants and animals"...	City park, nature reserve	right bank 51.04121°N 114.01413°W
Inglewood Golf and Country Club	Golf Course	left bank 51.03360°N 114.00369°W
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary	Nature reserve	right bank 51.02807°N 114.00668°W	Access to Bow Habitat Station, Inglewood Wildlands Park, and the Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery
Old Refinery Park	City park	left bank 51.00568°N 114.01712°W
Southland Park	City park	left bank 50.97493°N 114.03332°W
Calburn Park	City park	left bank 50.96531°N 114.02557°W
Douglasbank Park	City park	left bank 50.94173°N 114.01006°W
Fish Creek Provincial Park Fish Creek Provincial Park Fish Creek Park is a provincial park located in the southern part of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is one of the largest urban parks in North America, stretching from east to west. At , it is over three times the size of Vancouver's Stanley Park....	Provincial park	right bank 50.90909°N 114.01252°W
McKenzie Meadows Golf Club	Golf course	left bank 50.90614°N 114.00469°W
Sikome Lake Sikome Lake The Sikome Aquatic Facility, commonly referred to as Sikome Lake, is a man made lake in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south-east quadrant of the city, within the Fish Creek Provincial Park, and is part of the Bow River basin...	Man-made lake	right bank 50.89784°N 114.01574°W

External links

• City of Calgary. Pathways and Bikeways
• Calgary’s Bow River Pathway