Bow Island is a town on Highway 3, approximately 50 kilometres southwest of Medicine Hat. According to legend, the names of Bow Island and Grassy Lake were accidentally confused and should have been transposed. The island feature whose name this town shares with is near Grassy Lake, almost 30 kilometres distant. Bow Island became a village in 1910 and a town in 1932.
Courtesy of Medicine Hat and District Genealogical Society (MHDGS)
Township Road 90 and Range Road 111
Nearest Populated Centre: Bow Island,
Province: Alberta
Latitude, Longitude
49.6976, -111.38449
Map Location
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