- Elbow Valley, Alberta
Elbow Valley is a designated community (an unincorporated area) in southern
Alberta , in the Municipal District ofRocky View . The Elbow Valley area is located immediately west of the city of Calgary, along Highway 8. The hamlet of Bragg Creek is west of Elbow Valley. The area is mostly residential.Elbow Valley gets its name from the
Elbow River , a river in the region that flows into theBow River atFort Calgary . The name forElbow River is descriptive and refers to the point at which it abruptly turn northward and enters the Bow River (elbow-like curve). David Thompson referred to it as “Hokaikshi” in 1814, and Arrowsmith’s map of 1859 labels it “Hokaikshi” or “Moose River”. The Cree called it “o-too-kwa-na” and according to Tyrell, the Stoney referred to it as “mn-no-tho-ap-ta”. Until 1880, it was often called “Swift Creek”, after the speed of its watercourse.References
Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). "Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta", University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta.
Read, Tracey (1983). "Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View", Calgary, Alberta.
External links
* [http://www.gov.mdrockyview.ab.ca/ Municipal District of Rocky View's official website]
* [http://hikealberta.com/hike/cat/elbow-valley Hikes in Elbow Valley]
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