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This American-based company came about from the 1940 merger of the British America Elevator Company, Northern Elevator Company, National Elevator Company, and Grand Trunk Pacific Elevator Company. In 1967, it purchased the feed and seed assets of the McCabe Grain Company and, four years later, the remaining McCabe assets were merged to form National Grain Limited. On 1 January 1975, its grain elevators were purchased by the Cargill Grain Company.
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Vice-Presidents
Country Elevators
Location |
Rail |
Built |
1972
Capacity
(bushels) |
Comments |
Angusville A |
CNR |
1908 |
126,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annex (1954) |
Angusville B |
CNR |
1934 |
|
New annexes (1918, 1951) |
Ashville |
CNR |
c1912 |
80,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annex (1955), demolished (?) |
Benito |
CNR |
c1912 |
|
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940) |
Birtle |
CPR |
? |
? |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (June 1944) |
Brandon |
CPR |
? |
148,000 |
|
Chumah |
CPR |
1924 |
48,000 |
Acquired from Northern Elevator (1940) |
Dauphin |
CNR |
? |
121,000 |
Sold to Cargill Grain (1975) |
Durban |
CNR |
c1912 |
99,500 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940) |
Ethelbert |
CNR |
1913 |
86,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940) |
Firdale |
CNR |
1911 |
62,000 |
New annex (1961) |
Floors |
CPR |
1924 |
40,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annex (1940), sold to Cargill Grain (1977) |
Fork River |
CNR |
c1913 |
102,000 |
Acquired from Northern Elevator (1940) |
Garland |
CNR |
? |
36,000 |
|
Ingelow |
CNR |
1921 |
52,000 |
New annex (1957), demolished (c1979) |
Inglis |
CNR |
1922 |
78,800 |
New annexes (1949, 1955), sold to Cargill Grain (1975) |
Menzie |
CNR |
c1912 |
45,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940) |
Ochre River |
CNR |
c1920 |
52,000 |
Sold to Cargill Grain (1975) |
Pettapiece |
CPR |
1902 |
36,000 |
Transferred from Northern Elevator (1940), new annex (1940) |
Pine River |
CNR |
? |
75,000 |
|
Pitlochry |
CPR |
1924 |
50,000 |
New annex (1954), closed (1974), demolished (1977) |
Pope |
CNR |
1905 |
53,000 |
Acquired from Northern Elevator (1940), new annex (1957) |
Rapid City |
CPR |
1952 |
48,000 |
New annex (1952), demolished (c1980) |
Rivers |
CNR |
1951 |
88,000 |
New annex (1956), sold to Cargill Grain (1975) |
Roblin A |
CNR |
1907 |
66,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annexes (1917, 1952) |
Roblin B |
CNR |
1935 |
148,000 |
New annexes (1951, 1968) |
Rossburn |
CNR |
1912 |
75,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annexes (1902, 1917, 1918) |
St. Boniface A |
CPR |
? |
85,000 |
|
St. Boniface B |
CPR |
? |
157,000 |
|
Sandy Lake |
CNR |
1912 |
82,000 |
New annexes (1940, 1953) |
Shellmouth |
CNR |
1909 |
57,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annexes (1918, 1955) |
Shevlin |
CNR |
1923 |
52,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940) |
Sifton |
CNR |
c1912 |
25,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940) |
Silverton |
CNR |
1940 |
35,000 |
Traded to UGG (1946) |
Smart Siding |
CNR |
? |
? |
Destroyed by fire (19 July 1962) |
Solsgirth |
CPR |
1924 |
91,000 |
New annex (1924), new elevator (1961), sold to Cargill Grain (1975) |
Swan River |
CNR |
c1912 |
123,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940) |
Valley River |
CNR |
1923 |
54,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940) |
Vista |
CNR |
? |
? |
|
Winnipegosis |
CNR |
1950 |
85,000 |
New crib annex (c1956), sold to Cargill Grain (1975) |
Woodnorth |
CNR |
c1912 |
37,000 |
Acquired from British America Elevator (1940) |
See also:
Manitoba Business: Cargill Grain
Sources:
Quest in Roots: History of Brookdale School District by Brookdale Historical Society History Book Committee, 1987, page 103. [Legislative Library of Manitoba, F5648.B81 Que]
Grain: The Entrepreneurs by Charles W. Anderson, Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer Publishing, 1991.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 August 2020
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