Bow Valley College

Bow Valley College (BVC) is a public, board-governed college operating as a comprehensive community institution under the Post-Secondary Learning Act of Alberta. The branch campuses are: Airdrie, Banff, Blairmore, Brooks, Canmore, Cardston, Claresholm, Cochrane, Drumheller, Eden Valley, High River, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Morley, Pincher Creek, Red Deer, Three Hills and Stettler. Bow Valley College is a member of the Alberta Rural Development Network.

BVC offers year-round programs that lead to career certificates and diplomas, as well as adult upgrading and English Language Learning. They also offer career services and specialized services that help newcomers to Canada.

Programs

BVC offers certificates and diplomas in a variety of areas including health and business career training, adult upgrading and English as a Second Language.

History

It was founded as the Alberta Vocational Centre in 1965.

Facilities

In May 2013, BVC unveiled its new South Campus building on 6th Avenue. The South Campus building hosts the Calgary operations of Athabasca University, Olds College, and the University of Lethbridge.

Valley College (Los Angeles Metro station)

Valley College is a station on the Los Angeles Metro Orange Line, in the Los Angeles County Metro Liner system. It is named after the adjacent Los Angeles Valley College.

The station is in the Valley Glen district of the City of Los Angeles, located on Burbank Boulevard and Fulton Avenue, in the eastern San Fernando Valley.

Layout

The floor mural and fence art in this station is called "Former Location/ Contemporary Portrait" by Laura London. It depicts of several old-fashioned black and white photos that reflects of the rock-and-roll ages and their trends, including some far-scaled portrait albums from the 1960s from The Rolling Stones. The art is also at the setting where Valley College used to exist during the earlier days, now California State University Northridge. The floor mural simply depicts of the black-and-white old age symbolism.

Metro Liner BRT service

Metro Liner Orange Line BRT (bus rapid transitway) service hours are approximately from 4:00 AM until 1:00 AM daily.

Bow Valley

Bow Valley is a valley located along the upper Bow River in Alberta, Canada.

The name "Bow" refers to the reeds that grew along its banks and which were used by the local First Nations peoples to make bows; the Peigan name for the river is "Makhabn", meaning "river where bow weeds grow".

Parks

Bow Valley Provincial Park (part of the Kananaskis Country park system) is established east of the Canadian Rockies in the arch of the valley, while the upper course of the Bow River flows through the Banff National Park. The Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park is located between the Banff National Park and Canmore in the Bow River Valley.

Numerous other recreation areas dot the valley. Provincial Recreation Areas are established at Three Sisters, Gap Lake, Grotto Mountain, Lac des Arcs, Heart Ridge, Heart Mountain, Ghost Reservoir and other locations.

Lakes

Many lakes, glacial and artificial, are found in the Bow Valley:

Bow Valley (provincial electoral district)

Bow Valley was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, from 1913 to 1940.

Election results (partial)