Cowley is a village in southern Alberta, Canada.

It is west of Lethbridge and surrounded by the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No.

The community's name is a combination of "cow" and "lea".

[6] Cowley was featured in the 2005 motion picture Brokeback Mountain as the fictional town of Signal, Wyoming.

[citation needed] Cowley is featured on a 17c postage stamp issued by Canada Post in 1980 (August 27) to mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Province of Alberta.