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Presidents | Country Elevators | Sources
In 1975, the Cargill Grain Company, the Canadian subsidiary of American company Cargill Inc., purchased the grain elevators of National Grain.
Presidents
Vice-Presidents / General Managers
Period |
Vice President / General Manager |
1953-1964 |
Earl Harry Greene (1921-1983) |
1964-? |
? |
?-1972 |
R. L. M. Dawson |
Secretary-Treasurers
Period |
Secretary-Treasurer |
1964-? |
Norman D. Milne |
?-? |
? |
?-1980 |
William Scott Neal (1914-1993) |
Country Elevators
Location |
Rail |
Opened |
Capacity
(bushels) |
Closed |
Comments |
Brandon |
CNR |
1974 |
? |
? |
|
Dauphin 1 |
CNR |
|
- |
|
Bought from National Grain (1975) |
Dauphin 2 |
CNR |
|
|
|
Bought from UGG (October 1980) |
Durban |
CNR |
? |
99,500 |
|
Bought from National Grain (1975), demolished (?) |
Elm Creek |
CPR |
1976 |
- |
- |
|
Elva |
CPR |
|
- |
|
|
Ethelbert |
CNR |
? |
86,000 |
|
Balloon and crib annexes (?), demolished (?) |
Firdale |
CNR |
|
|
|
Bought from National Grain (1975) |
Floors |
CPR |
1977 |
40,000 |
|
Bought from National Grain (1977), demolished (c1980) |
Fork River |
CNR |
? |
102,000 |
1976 |
Two crib annexes (?) |
Inglis |
CPR |
1975 |
79,000 |
? |
Bought from National Grain (1975), sold to Paterson Grain (1980) |
Morris |
CPR |
June 1995 |
- |
? |
Traded from Manitoba Pool (?) |
Nesbitt |
CPR |
|
- |
|
|
Newdale |
CPR |
August 1980 |
- |
June 1995 |
Traded to Manitoba Pool (1995) |
Oakner |
CNR |
1978 |
- |
|
|
Ochre River |
CNR |
? |
52,000 |
|
Closed (1976) |
Pine River |
CNR |
? |
75,000 |
|
Two crib annexes (?) |
Rapid City |
CPR |
? |
48,000 |
|
|
Rivers A |
CNR |
? |
? |
? |
Bought from National Grain (1975), demolished (2001) |
Rivers B |
CNR |
? |
? |
? |
Traded from UGG (1993), sold to private ownership (c2001) |
Roblin A |
CNR |
1935 |
|
|
Bought from National Grain (1975) |
Roblin B |
CNR |
1907 |
|
|
Bought from National Grain (1975) |
Rossburn |
CNR |
? |
75,000 |
? |
Bought from National Grain (1975) |
Sandy Lake |
CNR |
? |
82,000 |
? |
|
Sidney |
CPR |
1975 |
36,700 |
? |
Traded from Manitoba Pool (1975); demolished (1999) |
Solsgirth |
CPR |
? |
? |
June 1995 |
Bought from National Grain (1975), traded to Manitoba Pool (1995) |
Swan River 1 |
CNR |
? |
? |
May 2015 |
Two crib annexes (?), demolished (2015) |
Swan River 2 |
CNR |
? |
? |
? |
Bought from Manitoba Pool (2007), demolished (2015) |
Tenby |
CNR |
1977 |
67,000 |
1999 |
Bought from UGG (1976), demolished (1999) |
Winkler |
CPR |
1980 |
|
|
Closed (1983) |
Winnipegosis |
CNR |
1975 |
85,000 |
1981 |
Bought from National Grain (1975) |
See also:
Manitoba Business: National Grain
Sources:
“Jottings from the business world,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 February 1964, page 57.
“Cargill Grain will purchase National’s major subsidiaries,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 March 1974, page 63.
“Cargill president named,” Russell Banner, 14 July 1982, page 8.
“Cargill’s president retires; vice-president takes over,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 2005, page 23.
Annual Reports, RG 4, Manitoba Pool Elevators fonds, Series B, Central Office Records, B.7, S. J. McKee Archives.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 May 2021
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