Natural feature
Bow Falls
Broad block waterfall on a wide rocky ledge, made famous by a 1950s Hollywood raft scene gone wrong.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Bow Falls in Banff centers on the summer of nineteen fifty-three, when Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum rode real wooden rafts through the rapids above the falls for the film River of No Return. You'll hear from the makeup man and special-effects crew who watched it happen, and what it cost Monroe to keep filming. It also touches the Banff Springs Hotel, where she recovered between takes.
This audio guide was created using AI.