Healy Creek

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Healy Creek is a stream in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. [1] [2] It is a tributary of the Bow River. [3]

Healy Creek has the name of John J. Healy, a businessperson in the mining industry. [4]

During World War II, an alternative service camp for conscientious objectors, largely Mennonites, was established at Healy Creek. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Healy Creek". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ↑ Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada (2025-01-31). "Cross country ski trails near Banff - Recommended cross-country ski trails in the Banff area". parks.canada.ca. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  3. ↑ "Whirling disease now found in Healy Creek". Rocky Mountain Outlook. 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  4. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 63.
  5. ↑ Klassen, A. J. (September 1993). "Alternative Service Work in the B.C. Forest Service: A Survey of Documents in Government Archives" (PDF). Mennonite Life. 48 (3): 30 – via Bethel College.

51°08′00″N115°42′08″W / 51.13332°N 115.70211°W / 51.13332; -115.70211



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