Bow Bridge is a rural

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of the

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in the Great Southern region of

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. It is located between

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and Walpole on the

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. It is also situated on the

Bow River The headwaters of the Bow River in Alberta, Canada, start at the Bow Glacier and Bow Lake (Alberta), Bow Lake in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies, Canadian Rocky Mountains. The glacial stream that feeds Bow Lake (Alberta), Bow Lake ...

. To the south it borders the

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and the

Irwin Inlet Irwin Inlet is an inlet in the located on the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It was also known as Quarram Inlet. The inlet receives water from two main sources, Bow River of the north west and Kent River to the north east. The inl ...

and, in the east, the

Kent River The Kent River is a river in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise near Tenterden. The river flows in a south-westerly direction, crosses the Muir Highway east of Rocky Gully, flows through Mount R ...

. Much of the locality is covered by protected areas, with the

Walpole-Nornalup National Park Walpole-Nornalup National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia, south of Perth. It is famous for its towering karri and tingle trees. Red tingle trees are unique to the Walpole area. The park is part of the la ...

in the west and the Quarram and Mehniup Nature Reserves in the south-west. The Owingup Nature Reserve is only partially located within Bow Bridge, in the east, along the Kent River. Farms were established in the area prior to 1917. The townsite now consists primarily of the

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that overlooks the bridge. The roadhouse was established prior to 1960 and operates as a fuel station,

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, grocery store and cafe. The siding of Kent River, Quarram and Marks on the

Elleker to Nornalup railway line The Elleker to Nornalup railway line was a Western Australian Government Railways operated railway line in the Great Southern (Western Australia), Great Southern region of Western Australia, connecting Elleker, Western Australia, Elleker to Norn ...

were located in the current locality of Bow Bridge. All three opened in 1929 and closed in 1957.

Nature reserves

The following named and unnamed nature reserves are located within Bow Bridge. All are located within the

Warren bioregion Warren, also known as Karri Forest Region and the Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands ecoregion, is a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia. Located in the southwest corner of Western Australia between Cape Naturaliste and Albany, i ...

: * Mehniup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 7 March 1930 and has a size of . * Owingup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 16 June 1989 and has a size of . * Quarram Nature Reserve was gazetted on 6 February 1976 and has a size of . * Unnamed WA31468 Nature Reserve was gazetted on 4 August 1972 and has a size of .

References

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