Wilson Siding

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Wilson Siding, also known as Wilson, is a locality in southern Alberta, Canada within the Lethbridge County.{{cite web | url=http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4802011 | title=4802011 - Lethbridge County, geographical codes and localities, 2006 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2010-03-05 | accessdate=2012-01-24}} It is located at the intersection of Highway 4 and Highway 845, approximately {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Lethbridge. Wilson Siding gets its name from E.H. Wilson of the Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company (ARIC) when a train stop was added in 1908 after Canadian Pacific Railway bought out ARIC.{{cite web | url=http://www.lethcounty.ca/municipal/lethbridge/lethbridge-website.nsf/AllDoc/094822E3280E25628725758C0022132A?OpenDocument | title=Wilson Siding | publisher=County of Lethbridge | accessdate=2012-05-24}} It was used a watering stop for steam-powered trains.

Grain terminals

Wilson Siding is known as one of the largest shipping points in southern Alberta with two concrete grain terminals. One is owned by Parrish and Heimbecker[http://www.parrishandheimbecker.com/6_106 Wilson Siding Parrish & Heimbecker Elevator] and the other, Lethbridge Inland Terminal, was built and was run by its farmer owners before being sold to Viterra.

{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.literminal.ca/our_story.html|publisher=Lethbridge Inland Terminal|accessdate=25 May 2012}}

See also

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{{Geographic location

| Northwest = Lethbridge

| North = Coaldale

| Northeast = Tempest

| West = Stand Off

| Centre = Wilson

| East = Maleb

| Southwest = Coutts

| South = Raymond

| Southeast = Stirling

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Category:Localities in Lethbridge County