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This grain company was established in 1908 by Manitoba-born businessman Norman M. Paterson. A network of country grain elevators across the prairies funneled grain into terminal elevators at Fort William [now Thunder Bay], Ontario. In the early years, the firm acquired some country elevators by purchasing them from the Interior Elevator Company (1920) and Young Grain Company (1923).
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
Period |
Vice-President |
?-1940 |
Mortimer A. Smith (1881-1940) |
1940-c1988 |
? |
?-1982 |
Lorne M. Paterson |
1983-c1988 |
B. Art Domes |
1992-? |
Robert J. Paterson |
Country Elevator Manager
Period |
Country Elevator Manager |
c1960 |
Barrie J. Knight |
Country Elevators (Manitoba)
Location |
No. |
Rail |
Opened |
Closed |
Capacity
(bushels) |
Comments |
Alexander |
18 |
CPR |
1920 |
1988 |
70,000 |
New elevator (1908), bought from McLaughlin & Ellis (1916), destroyed by fire (1927), bought from Ogilvie Flour (1928), renovated (1929), new crib annex (1951), new balloon annex (1960), traded to Manitoba Pool (1988) |
Arborg |
147 |
CPR |
1967 |
- |
51,900 |
New elevator (1967), two steel tanks (1968), new crib annex (1973) |
Balmoral |
51 |
CNR |
1935 |
2002 |
42,500 |
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt (1935), new crib annex (1952), new steel tank (1969) |
Belmont |
60 |
CNR |
? |
|
|
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), demolished (1921), material used to build new elevator at Roseisle (1921) |
Binscarth |
? |
CPR |
1995 |
- |
? |
|
Boissevain |
144 |
CPR |
1961 |
- |
153,500 |
New elevator (1961), new balloon annex (1962) |
Bryd |
113 |
CPR |
1926 |
1994 |
72,500 |
New elevator (1910), bought from A. S. Arnold (1926), new crib annex (1952), demolished (February 1996) |
Cabot |
148 |
CNR |
1968 |
1970 |
41,000 |
Bought from Scottish Cooperative (1967), moved to Dacotah (1971) |
Cameron |
103 |
CPR |
1922 |
1952 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1902), bought from Young Grain (1922), demolished (1952) and material used to build annex at Swan Lake (1953) |
Cartwright |
80 |
CPR |
1920 |
1968 |
52,200 |
New elevator (1897), bought from Cartwright Farmers (1920), second elevator bought from Young Grain (1923), both demolished (1925), new elevator (1925), sold to Federal Grain (1969) |
Chillon |
89 |
CPR |
1921 |
1926 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1921), sold to Manitoba Pool (1928) |
Cracknell |
85 |
CPR |
1921 |
2000 |
94,900 |
New elevator using material salvaged from Sintaluta (1921), new annex (1952), new balloon annex using material salvaged from Madill (1960) |
Crystal City 1 |
73 |
CPR |
1920 |
- |
60,000 |
New elevator (1900), bought from Manitoba Government (September 1919), second elevator bought from Young Grain (1922), both demolished (1927), new elevator (1927), bought from UGG (1941), new balloon annex (1960), new balloon annex (1963), destroyed by fire (2018) |
Crystal City 2 |
73 |
CPR |
? |
? |
? |
|
Culross 1 |
75 |
CPR |
1920 |
- |
? |
New elevator using material salvaged from Stoughton (1920), new crib annex (1949), new balloon annex (1955), new balloon annex (1960) |
Culross 2 |
75 |
CPR |
1928 |
? |
? |
Bought from UGG (September 1969) |
Cypress River 1 |
54 |
CPR |
1927 |
- |
? |
New elevator (1898), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt (1927), new balloon annexes (1940, 1953, 1963), annexes replaced by steel tanks (1980) |
Cypress River 2 |
54 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
Bought from Manitoba Pool (2004) |
Dacotah |
43 |
CNR |
1917 |
2002 |
? |
New elevator (1917), rebuilt (1938), new elevator and old elevator converted to annex (1957), two steel tanks (1967), second elevator moved from Cabot (1971), demolished (August 2003) |
Deloraine |
102 |
CPR |
1923 |
1927 |
30,000 |
Bought from Young Grain (1922); sold to Manitoba Pool (1928) |
Dipple Siding |
83 |
CNR |
1921 |
1949 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1921), closed (1949), demolished and material used to build annex at Fannystelle (1950) |
Dufrost |
50 |
CPR |
1920 |
1999 |
? |
New elevator (1899), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt using material salvaged from Kincaid (1938), new crib annex (1950), new balloon annex (1960), demolished (2000) |
Dunrea |
95 |
CNR |
1923 |
1947 |
28,000 |
Bought from Young Grain (1922), sold to UGG (1948) |
Dutton |
76 |
CNR |
1921 |
1924 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1921), sold to Manitoba Pool (1925) |
Elgin |
97 |
CNR |
1922 |
1980 |
82,800 |
New elevator (1898), bought from Young Grain (1922), rebuilt (1928), demolished (circa 1966), replacement moved from Wakopa (1966), sold to Manitoba Pool (?) |
Elm Creek |
52 |
CPR |
1920 |
1993 |
? |
New elevator (1898), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), demolished (1938), new elevator (1938), new balloon annexes (1957, 1964), new crib annex (1978) |
Emerson |
137 |
CPR |
1938 |
1982 |
72,700 |
New elevator using materials salvaged from Ettington (1938), new balloon annex (1955), steel tank (1969), sold to Allstate Grain (c1983) |
Enterprise |
98 |
CNR |
1923 |
1965 |
62,100 |
New elevator (1904), bought from Young Grain (1922), rebuilt (1940), moved to Fairfax for use as annex (1966) |
Fairfax 1 |
58 |
CNR |
1920 |
1999 |
? |
New elevator (1899), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), renovated (1929), new balloon annex (1940), old elevator moved from Enterprise for use as annex (1966), steel tanks (1968, 1971), demolished (2000) |
Fairfax 2 |
58 |
CNR |
1981 |
1999 |
? |
Demolished (2000) |
Fairfax 3 |
58 |
CNR |
1981 |
1985 |
? |
|
Fannystelle |
104 |
CPR |
1923 |
1968 |
142,800 |
New elevator (1909), bought from Fannystelle Farmers (1923), rebuilt (1940), new annex built from material salvaged at Dipple Siding (1950), sold to UGG (1968) |
Gladstone 1 |
82 |
CPR |
1920 |
1925 |
90,000 |
Rented from Echo Flour Mills (1921), lease unrenewed (1933) |
Gladstone 2 |
82 |
CNR |
1923 |
1932 |
30,000 |
|
Goodlands |
56 |
CPR |
|
|
|
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), demolished (1919), material used to build new elevator at Haywood (1919) |
Grandview |
44 |
CNR |
1917 |
1924 |
40,000 |
New elevator (1917), sold to Manitoba Pool (1925) |
Hathaway |
115 |
CPR |
1927 |
1927 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1927), sold to Manitoba Pool (1928) |
Haywood |
71 |
CPR |
1920 |
1986 |
98,800 |
New elevator using material salvaged from Goodlands (1919), new crib annex (1951), new balloon annex (1956) |
Hilton |
? |
CNR |
? |
? |
? |
Traded to Manitoba Pool (?), moved to Ninette (1960s) |
Holland |
53 |
CPR |
1920 |
- |
? |
New elevator (1891), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt (1927), new balloon annexes (1953, 1957, 1960), rebuilt (1958) |
Hope Farm (Martins Spur) |
48 |
CNR |
1920 |
1965 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1889), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt (1934), closed (31 July 1960) and moved to St. Jean for use as an annex (?), sold to Paul Fillion (February 1966) |
Horton |
? |
CNR |
1927 |
1965 |
73,400 |
New elevator (1927), sold (1966) |
Inglis 1 |
93 |
CPR |
1922 |
1995 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1922), new balloon annexes (1949, 1953) |
Inglis 2 |
93 |
CPR |
1980 |
1985 |
? |
Bought from Cargill Grain (1980) |
Inwood |
92 |
CNR |
1922 |
1926 |
30,000 |
Bought from David Wood (1922), demolished and material used to build at Lyleton (1926) |
Ipswich |
114 |
CPR |
1926 |
1961 |
47,700 |
New elevator (?), bought from A. S. Arnold (1926), sold to Manitoba Pool (May 1963) |
Kane |
69 |
CNR |
1947 |
2008 |
? |
Built using material salvaged from Winkler (1918), destroyed by fire (1947), new elevator (1947), new balloon annexes (1953, 1955) |
Kelloe |
112 |
CPR |
1926 |
1938 |
21,500 |
Bought from A. S. Arnold (1926), sold to UGG (1938) |
Killarney 1 |
81 |
CPR |
1920 |
1999 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1906), bought from Joseph Pritchard (1920), second elevator bought from Young Grain (1922), both demolished (1927), new elevator (1927), rebuilt (1961), new balloon annexes (1960, 1963), old elevator brought from Mountainside used as crib annex (1966) |
Killarney 2 |
81 |
CPR |
1980 |
1999 |
? |
New elevator (1979-1980) |
Killarney 3 |
81 |
CPR |
1999 |
- |
? |
|
La Salle |
17 |
CPR |
1920 |
- |
? |
New elevator (1902), bought from Cormier (1915), rebuilt using material salvaged from Dumas (1938), new balloon annexes (1940, 1955) |
Lena |
99 |
CNR |
1923 |
1965 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1904), bought from Young Grain (1922), sold (1967) |
Letellier |
49 |
CNR |
1920 |
1927 |
30,000 |
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), sold to Manitoba Pool (1928) |
Lyleton |
110 |
CPR |
1926 |
1976 |
70,900 |
Built using material salvaged at Inwood (1926), new balloon annexes (1940, 1953), sold (1979), demolished (c2008) |
Madill |
90 |
CPR |
1921 |
1970 |
23,000 |
New elevator using material salvaged from Hume (1921), closed (15 January 1959), dismantled and materials moved to Cracknell for use as annex (1960), demolished (1973) |
Marquette 1 |
74 |
CPR |
1920 |
1972 |
? |
New elevator (1920), sold (1974), demolished (?) |
Marquette 2 |
74 |
CPR |
1941 |
2013 |
22,500 |
New elevator (1941), new balloon annexes (1953, 1960), demolished (September 2013) |
Meadows 1 |
94 |
CPR |
1922 |
? |
? |
New elevator (1922), bought from McLaughlin & Ellis (1922), destroyed by fire (1922), new elevator (1922), sold (1976), demolished (?) |
Meadows 2 |
94 |
CPR |
1947 |
2013 |
? |
New elevator (1947), new balloon annexes (1953, 1960), new crib annex (1978), demolished (July 2017) |
Meharry |
72 |
CNR |
1919 |
1923 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1919), sold to Manitoba Pool (1925) |
Mile 202 |
|
CNR |
1920 |
1921 |
30,000 |
|
Minto 1 |
96 |
CNR |
1923 |
2005 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1898), bought from Young Grain (1922), rebuilt (1936), new balloon annexes (1940, 1955, 1963), new steel tanks (?), closed (2005), demolished (2015) |
Minto 2 |
96 |
CNR |
1928 |
2005 |
40,000 |
Traded from Manitoba Pool (1988), closed (2005), demolished (2015) |
Morris |
46 |
CPR |
1920 |
- |
? |
New elevator (1889), Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt (1940), new crib annex (1952), new balloon annex (1963) |
Mountainside (Anvers) |
101 |
CNR |
1923 |
1965 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1914), bought from Young Grain (1922), rebuilt (1928), moved to Killarney for use as crib annex (1966) |
Ninette |
59 |
CNR |
1920 |
1927 |
30,000 |
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), sold to Manitoba Pool (1928) |
Oakland |
109 |
CNR |
1925 |
1925 |
15,000 |
Rented one year (1924), sold to Forsythe (1925) |
Pierson |
146 |
CPR |
1965 |
- |
? |
Demolished (?), bought Manitoba Pool (?), new elevator (1965), new balloon annex (1965), two steel tanks (1969) |
Rathwell |
111 |
CPR |
1926 |
1969 |
51,300 |
Bought from Rathwell Farmers (1926), sold to UGG (September 1969) |
Ridgeville 1 |
70 |
CNR |
1920 |
1980 |
59,400 |
New elevator by George Pocock (1901), bought from Manitoba Government (1919), new elevator (1934), demolished (1980s) |
Ridgeville 2 |
70 |
CNR |
1947 |
1980 |
62,000 |
New elevator (1947), new balloon annex (1956), destroyed by fire (April 2010) |
Roseisle |
84 |
CNR |
1921 |
1974 |
54,400 |
New elevator using material salvaged from Belmont (1921), new balloon annex (1953), sold (1977) |
St. Jean Baptiste 1 |
47 |
CNR |
1920 |
1988 |
88,000 |
New elevator (1890), bought from Northern Elevator (1918), rebuilt (1935) |
St. Jean Baptiste 2 |
47 |
CNR |
? |
|
|
Bought from Canadian Consolidated (July 1952), steel tank (1969), traded to Manitoba Pool (1988) |
Shellmouth |
77 |
CNR |
1920 |
1938 |
25,000 |
New elevator (1920), sold to British America (1940) |
Somerset |
136 |
CNR |
1934 |
1980 |
38,000 |
Bought from Federal Grain (1934), rebuilt (1945), new balloon annexes (1954, 1960), steel tank (1969) |
Sperling |
|
CNR |
1998 |
2007 |
? |
|
Swan Lake |
108 |
CNR |
1924 |
2005 |
26,000 |
New elevator (1923), new balloon annex (1940), new crib annex using material salvaged from Cameron (1953), demolished (2008) |
Teulon |
91 |
CPR |
1922 |
- |
28,400 |
New elevator (1916), bought from David Wood (1922), destroyed by fire (1939), new elevator (1939), new crib annex (1951), new balloon annex (1960) |
Treherne |
45 |
CPR |
1917 |
1980 |
82,400 |
New elevator (1892), bought from Manitoba Government (1917), rebuilt (1928), new balloon annex (1955), steel tanks (1968, 1969) |
Wakopa |
100 |
CNR |
1923 |
1965 |
30,000 |
New elevator (1904), bought from Young Grain (1922), rebuilt (1940), moved to Elgin (1966) |
Waskada |
57 |
CPR |
1920 |
2004 |
? |
New elevator (1901), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), second elevator bought from Young Grain (1922), both dismantled and new elevator built (1927), new balloon annex (1940), new crib annex (1952), renovated (1958), new balloon annex (1963) |
Wassewa |
143 |
CNR |
1960 |
1965 |
22,000 |
Bought from UGG (October 1959) |
Winkler |
55 |
CPR |
? |
|
|
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), demolished (1918) and material used to build new elevator at Kane (1918) |
Winnipeg |
? |
? |
2000 |
- |
? |
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See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Norman McLeod Paterson (1883-1983)
Sources:
“Rural Municipality of Riverside Council Minutes,” Belmont News, 3 March 1966, page 2.
“Elevator disposal a challenge,” Brandon Sun, 22 July 2000, page 5.
“Goodbye to an old friend,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 August 2003, page 20.
Elevator Company Files [Temporary Box #1], Paterson Grain Company, John Everitt Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank Carol Wilkinson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 July 2022
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