An oxbow is part of oxen tack. Oxbow may also refer to: Oxbow lake, a U-shaped lake that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off Places Canada Oxbow, Saskatchewan, a town Oxbow National Historic Site, an historic place in Northumberland County, New Brunswick United States Oxbow, Maine, a plantation in Aroostook County Oxbow, New York, a hamlet in Jefferson County Oxbow, North Dakota, a small city in Cass County Oxbow, Oregon, a populated place in Baker County Oxbo, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Oxbow Creek, a tributary of Tunkhannock Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Oxbow Dam, located on the Snake River near Oxbow, Oregon The Oxbow (Connecticut River), the body of water attached to the Connecticut River at Northampton, Massachusetts Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency, in Saugatuck, Michigan Other uses Oxbow (band), a music group from San Francisco Oxbow (horse), the 2013 Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow (surfwear), a French sporting equipment and apparel company Oxbow School, a single semester high school in Napa, California The Oxbow, an 1836 painting by Thomas Cole Oxbow Corporation, an American energy company owned by Bill Koch "Oxbow", a song by Waxahatchee from her album Saint Cloud