Photo: Glenlarson~commonswiki · Public domainBowden’s surroundings: 21 historic places within 100 km
Only 9.5% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. The nearest town with a top designation is Clearwater County, 65 km away.
The registers find 21 places within 100 km of Bowden
By designation: 11 provincial or municipal listings, 9 National Historic Sites and a heritage railway station. Rocky Mountain House, 80 km off, is the oldest: 1799. The nearest is Markerville Lutheran Church, 24 km away in Red Deer County.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Markerville Lutheran ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 24 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Stephansson HouseProvincial historic resource · 28 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 40 km away, in Red Deer |
| Flatiron BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1904 · 63 km away, in Lacombe |
| Lacombe Blacksmith Shop MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 63 km away, in Lacombe |
| Rocky Mountain HouseNational Historic Site · 1799–1800 · 80 km away, in Clearwater County |
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 94 km away, in Bowness |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 96 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 97 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 98 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 98 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 98 km away, in Downtown East Village |
Within 100 km of Bowden, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
Reaching 100 km out from Bowden: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Rocky Mountain House, in Clearwater County, goes back furthest, to 1799. Dated places within 100 km: 14. One is older than 1867.
Only 1.7% of Bowden’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 48% of Bowden’s homes. Over half of the homes in Bowden were already standing by 1981. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 25% of Bowden’s, about the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Bowden and its neighbours
Bowden in brief
Before 1961: just 9.5% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
Questions about Bowden’s history
How many historic places does Bowden have on the registers?
Inside Bowden, none so far; Markerville Lutheran Church, 24 km away in Red Deer County, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Bowden?
9.5% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).