Natural feature
Bow Lake
Glacial-fed alpine lake ringed by peaks and an icefield, with a historic log lodge on its shore.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Bow Lake in Banff National Park follows outfitter Jimmy Simpson from a vow to build a shack on its shore to the octagonal cabin he finally raised there. It traces how a change in park law forced him out of the hunting-guide trade that had paid for everything, and how his daughters, professional figure skaters touring rinks across the continent, became an unlikely source of funding. It also touches on the Stoney Nakoda name he gave the place, and what elders later said about it.
This audio guide was created using AI.