The Elbow River is a river located in southern Alberta, Canada. It flows from the Canadian Rockies to the city of Calgary, where it merges into the Bow River.
The Elbow River is popular among canoers, rafters, campers and hikers and runs through several features including Allen Bill Pond, Forgetmenot Pond, and Elbow Falls. Trout fishing on the Elbow is fair, but the scenery makes up for the slow fishing. As a mountain stream it lacks the high nutrient levels that support the prolific aquatic bug populations of other fly-fishing destination rivers; however, drop-and-pool sections of the river above Elbow Falls can contain relatively large (up to 35 cm) native cutthroat. Sections of the river are closed to fishing, or are "catch-and-release" waters: check regulations at Alberta Sustainable Resource Development: http://www.albertaregulations.ca/fishingregs/
The water flow of the Elbow River fluctuates significantly, and in June 2005 a flood occurred that was so severe (the heaviest in at least two centuries according to Albertan Government estimates) that the water flowed over the dam. Approximately 1,500 Calgarians living downstream were evacuated.
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