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Bow Island - Alberta
 Photo © Town of Bow Island


Tower Information (05-2011)
Location: 5th. Avenue and 3rd. Street West
Signage: Bow Island Bean Capital
Built: 1950s, decommissioned
Height: 21.3 meters
Capacity: 227,300 liters

- Bow Island, the bean capital of the west
- The town is located about halfway between Lethbridge and Medicine Hat on the Crowsnest Highway.
- The community of Bow Island received its first post-colonial families in 1900. In February 1910, the Village of Bow Island was formed, and by March 1912 the village was declared the Town of Bow Island.
Photo credits Town of Bow Island

 
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