Elbow Valley, Alberta 5077929 154350944 2007-08-29T09:18:11Z NE2 1757249 Changing names per discussion on [[WT:WPCR]], Replaced: Alberta provincial highway → Alberta Highway using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Elbow Valley''' is a designated community (an unincorporated area) in southern [[Alberta]], in the Municipal District of [[Rocky View]]. The Elbow Valley area is located immediately west of the city of [[Calgary, Alberta|Calgary]], along [[Alberta Highway 8|Highway 8]]. The [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of [[Bragg Creek, Alberta|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 the [[Bow River]] at [[Fort Calgary]]. The name for [[Elbow 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] {{Alberta}} [[Category:Hamlets in Alberta]] [[Category:Calgary Region]] {{CalgaryRegion-geo-stub}}