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Manitoba Business: Canada West Grain Company / Dawson Grain Company / Red River Grain Company
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Incorporated at Melfort, Saskatchewan by Harold George Dawson in February 1914, its corporate offices were later moved to Winnipeg. Along with subsidiary Red River Grain Company, it operated country grain elevators, seed plants, feed mills, and warehouses in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. It became known as the Dawson Grain Company in the mid-1940s. In early 1961, its remaining facilities were sold to United Grain Growers. The company surrendered its charter in October 1964.
General Managers
Period
General Manager
1914-1935
Harold George Dawson (1874-1956)
1935-1961
?
1961-1964
John Allan “Jack” Dawson (1904-1996)
Secretaries
Period
Secretary
1914-1921
?
1921-?
G. A. McEwen
?-?
?
?-1964
John W. “Jack” Newis (1905-2001)
Country Elevators (Manitoba)
Location
Rail
Opened
Closed
Capacity
(bushels)Comments
Benito
1924
1925
30,000
1928
1941
35,000
Bought from Northern Elevator (1928), sold to Searle Grain (1942)
1938
1947
30,000
Sold to UGG (July 1948)
Longburn
1946
1952
30,000
Minitonas
1923
1939
30,000
1946
1952
30,000
Sold to Ogilvie (1952)
Sevick
1923
1924
35,000
Swan River
1923
1941
49,000
Winnipeg (Fort Rouge)
1938
1961
55,000
Sold to UGG (1961)
Winnipeg (Red River)
?
?
?
Sold to UGG (1961)
Winnipeg (St. Boniface)
1932
1945
40,000
Sources:
“Melfort company builds elevators,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 April 1915, page 22.
Advertisement, Winnipeg Free Press, 12 December 1946, page 10.
“UGG purchases firm’s plants,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 April 1961, page 25.
“Red River Grain Company Limited,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 October 1964, page 46.
Obituary [John W. Newis], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 May 2001.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 May 2021
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