The Cascade River is a medium-sized river in southwestern Alberta , Canada . It originates in the Canadian Rockies , flows through Lake Minnewanka , and in turn, joins the Bow River .
5-849: The Cascade River is a placename that can mean: Cascade River (Alberta) (Canada), a tributary of the Bow River Cascade River (Ontario) (Canada) Cascade River (Mindanao) (Philippines) Cascade River (Minnesota) (United States) Cascade River (New Zealand) Cascade River (Nunavut) (Canada), a minor river on the Meta Incognita Peninsula on Baffin Island Cascade River (Tasmania) (Australia) Cascade River (Washington) (United States) See also [ edit ] Cascade Creek (disambiguation) Cascade (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
10-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cascade River (Alberta) The Cascade River is formed from the glacial melt of Flints and Bonnet Peaks, as well as Block Mountain. Glacial lakes that drain into the Cascade include Goat Lake, Sawback Lake, Elk Lake, and Cuthead Lake. The river also takes on Stoney Creek before entering the dramatic Stewart Canyon, then draining into Lake Minnewanka. Prior to
15-609: The Cascade Hydro Electric Development completion in 1942 the river exited the lake near the current day use area a flowed past the former town of Bankhead though what is now known as the Cascade Ponds. However currently the old river channel functions only as a spillway during flood events and most of the rivers water is diverted through a canal and penstock to the Cascade Powerhouse next to Highway 1 leaving
20-472: The old river bed dry for most of the year. The Cascade project also included a small diversion dam directing some water from the Ghost River into Lake Minnewanka to increase the flow rate of water though the Cascade Powerhouse. The Cascade River is named after Cascade Mountain . The mountain was named by Sir James Hector , who took the native name which meant "mountain where the water falls" and abbreviated
25-430: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cascade_River&oldid=723904806 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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