Bearspaw, Alberta

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Bearspaw
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Municipal district	Rocky View County
Established	1879
Government
• Type	Un-incorporated
• Reeve	Greg Boehlke
• Governing body	Rocky View County Council Jerry Arshinoff Rolly Ashdown Margaret Bahcheli Greg Boehlke Liz Breakey Lois Habberfield Bruce Kendall Eric Lowther Earl Solberg
Elevation	1,105 m (3,625 ft)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)

Bearspaw is a rural community in southern Alberta, Canada within Rocky View County consisting mostly of country residential acreages.

Bearspaw is located northwest of the City of Calgary and east of the Town of Cochrane, on Highway 1A. The Bearspaw area is immediately east of the Glendale community and north of the Bow River in the Rocky View County.

A Canadian Pacific Railway station was established at Bearspaw in June 1909 and was named after Chief Masgwaahsid, or Bear’s Paw, who signed the treaty at Blackfoot Crossing, September 22, 1877.

Bearspaw is located within Rocky View Schools and is zoned for Bearspaw School (K-8) and Cochrane High School (9-12). For hockey, Bearspaw is part of the Cochrane Minor Hockey Association.

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  Community center and school

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  View of the Canadian Rockies from Bearspaw

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.
• Watermark at Bearspaw FAQ page (2012).

External links

• Rocky View County's official website