Editing Exshaw (section)

{{For|people named Exshaw|Exshaw (surname)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
 | name                     = Exshaw
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 | settlement_type          = Hamlet
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 | subdivision_name4        = [[Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8|M.D. of Bighorn No. 8]]
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 | area_code                = [[Area code 403|403]], [[Area codes 587 and 825|587, 825]]
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'''Exshaw''' is a [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in [[Alberta]], Canada, within [[Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8|Municipal District (MD) of Bighorn No. 8]].<ref>{{AltaML}}</ref> Located approximately {{convert|90|km|mi}} west of downtown [[Calgary]] and {{convert|15|km|mi}} east of [[Canmore, Alberta|Canmore]], Exshaw is situated within the [[Bow River]] valley north of the [[Bow River]].

The hamlet was once located within Rocky Mountains Park later [[Banff National Park]], with the original park entrance being only a couple miles east of Exshaw.