The district was named after the community of Bowness, and during its time encompassed the Northwestern part of the city.
The area he had subdivided eventually became the village, then the town of Bowness, which grew rapidly after the second world war and was annexed by the City of Calgary in 1963.
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John Hextall was a landowner who founded the community of Bowness, now part of Calgary, Canada.
The name Lindow came to him from his mother, one of the Lindow family of Bowness and Ingwell, Whitehaven, who had mining and other interests in Egremont.
Martin Roy (Marty) Wood is a celebrated rodeo cowboy from Bowness, Calgary, in the province of Alberta, Canada.
Immediately across the river to the west is the community of Bowness, itself a town until being annexed by Calgary in 1964.
The southern half of Sarcee Trail acts as a major connector between Glenmore Trail to the south and 16 Avenue North in the west end of the city, though the road continues north into the community of Bowness at 34 Avenue.
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Coggabata, or Congavata / Concavata, (with the modern name of Drumburgh) was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, between Aballava (Burgh by Sands) to the east and Mais (Bowness on Solway) to the west.
He had his own band The Fire Thieves, and worked with Tim Bowness and the band Henry Fool.
It is believed that these names are from an itinerary of the Wall from west to east, listing the forts as Mais (Bowness), Aballava (Burgh-by-Sands), Uxelodunum (Stanwix), Camboglanna (Castlesteads) and Banna (Birdoswald).
"Beautiful Songs You Should Know" was written by Bowness with Giancarlo Erra of the Italian band Nosound and the two recorded an alternative version of the song for the album called "Warm Winter" which they released under the moniker Memories of Machines.
Both Stagecoach and the local council also run regular buses through the town to Bowness Pier; Stagecoach buses are open-top double-decker buses running along principal streets.