Why a Booktrail?
A literary journey to celebrate the landscape, culture, community and natural history of Alberta’s Bow Valley.
Imagine This Valley
What you need to know before your trail
Canmore and Banff are collectively renowned for their mountain culture, diverse wildlife and scenes of breathtaking natural splendour. These vibrant mountain communities are also home to exceptional adventurers, artists, thinkers and writers. For the first time, some of the area’s best-known personalities have contributed essays to a collection of work that promotes this remarkable area like no other book has before. The contributors include
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Bow Valley is so named as the name “Bow” refers to the reeds that grew along its banks and which were used by the local First Nations people to make bows; the Peigan name for the river is “Makhabn”, meaning “river where bow weeds grow”. Bow Valley Provincial Park is east of the Canadian Rockies, while the upper course of the Bow River flows through the Banff National Park. Lake Louise is also included in this area of stunning natural beauty.
Author royalties from Imagine This Valley will be donated and placed into a fund for young people from the Bow Valley who wish to pursue writing as a vocation. An initial amount of $2,000 will be placed in trust by RMB | Rocky Mountain Books, and each year, starting in 2016, a $500 grant will be given to a student interested in pursuing their dream of writing.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Imagine This Valley
Destination: Alberta Author/Guide: Stephen Legault
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