Watercolour and
computer
©2018 Charlene Brown
The mountain was
named in 1858 for its castle-like appearance, a result of erosive processes
acting at different rates on the peak’s alternating layers of softer shale and
harder limestone, dolomite and quartzite. From 1946 to 1979 it was known as
Mount Eisenhower, but then reverted to the original (British) name with the highest
peak named Eisenhower Tower.
The mountain’s
Indigenous (Siksika) name has always been Miistukskoowa, and the river has
always been the Bow. There are numerous
dams and reservoirs along the Bow, supplying water for hydroelectricity,
irrigation, and municipal and industrial uses, after it leaves the Banff
National Park, but only relatively small non-storage ‘run-of-the-river power
generation would now be acceptable in the park.
