Bow Peak

Bow Peak is a prominent mountain summit in Banff National Park's Bow River valley, in Alberta's Canadian Rockies. Set in the Waputik Mountains near Hector Lake and Bow Lake, it is widely visible from the Icefields Parkway and even from the Lake Louise area. Named in 1922 for its proximity to the Bow River's headwaters and officially recognized in 1924, it reflects the river name's Cree origin, meaning "the place from which bows are taken." Bow Peak is composed of ancient sedimentary rock later thrust eastward during the Laramide orogeny, and its runoff feeds the Bow River within the larger Saskatchewan River system.

Alberta · Canada