Welling Station

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Welling Station
Hamlet
Welling Station is located in Alberta
Welling Station
Welling Station
Location of Welling Station
Coordinates: 49°27′24″N 112°47′13″W / 49.45667°N 112.78694°W / 49.45667; -112.78694Coordinates: 49°27′24″N 112°47′13″W / 49.45667°N 112.78694°W / 49.45667; -112.78694
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionSouthern Alberta
Census division3
Municipal districtCardston County
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • Governing bodyCardston County Council
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total18
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)403, 587, 825

Welling Station is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County.[2]

Welling Station is located on the southeast side of Highway 5 approximately 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) south of Highway 5's intersection with Highway 52. The hamlet is approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Welling, 22 kilometres (14 mi) south of Lethbridge, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Raymond and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northeast of Magrath.

Demographics[]

The population of Welling Station according to the conducted by Cardston County is 18.[1]

Historic site[]

Welling Station is the historic site of rodeo's first side-delivery bucking chute.[3] In 1916, rancher John W. Bascom and his sons moved to Welling Station, running cattle along Pot Hole Creek.[4] The family produced weekend rodeos on the Bascom Ranch where they designed and made their bucking chute.[5][6] Bascom and his sons - Raymond "Tommy", Melvin, Earl and Weldon - have all been honored in Canada and the United States in halls of fame as rodeo pioneers and for their contributions to the sport of rodeo.[7] Earl Bascom later became a famous western artist and sculptor.[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Alberta Population Summary: Alberta's Hamlets Alphabetically, 2010" (PDF). Alberta Population. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "First rodeo champion inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame › Westwind Weekly". www.westwindweekly.com.
  4. ^ http://www.rigginsnrhymes.com/the-riggin-a-little-of-the-history/
  5. ^ "Earl Bascom - Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine". cowboycountrymagazine.com. November 1, 2010.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Father of modern rodeo inducted into Hall of Fame - The Western Producer". producer.com. September 17, 2015.
  8. ^ "Rodeo Canada - Official Home of the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association". rodeocanada.com.


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