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Bowness, Calgary — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Bowness is a residential neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, laid out from 1896 and holding the heritage Baldwin/Hextall House.
About Bowness
Where to stay in Bowness
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Bowness suits travellers who want a quiet, established base away from central Calgary. The neighbourhood is one of the older parts of the city, dating from 1896, with the heritage Baldwin/Hextall House among its early buildings. Streets here run low and residential.
If you want a calm, settled quarter of Calgary within Alberta rather than a downtown room, this part of the city serves the purpose well. It sits in Canada.
About Bowness
What are the main landmarks in Bowness?
Bowness keeps its named heritage in the Baldwin/Hextall House, one of the older buildings of this part of Calgary. The house dates from the neighbourhood's early years, after its founding in 1896. Little else stands as a public monument.
The rest is residential, a grid of homes within Alberta. History marks the one house most.
What is the history of Bowness?
Bowness was established in 1896, one of the older communities within Calgary. It began in its own early years as a community of homes, and the heritage Baldwin/Hextall House survives from that time in this part of Calgary. Farms and homes came first.
In time it became a residential district of Calgary, in Alberta. The old name has held in Canada ever since.
Where is Bowness?
Bowness lies within Calgary, in the province of Alberta, Canada, an established residential neighbourhood dating from 1896.
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Updated July 2026