Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Austin, Municipality of North Norfolk)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator along Second Avenue in Austin, on the CPR Carberry Subdivision in the Municipality of North Norfolk, was built in 1951 (replacing an earlier structure) and was formerly operated by Manitoba Pool Elevators. Its successor Agricore closed the the elevator in July 2001 and sold it to the Pine Creek Hutterite Colony. Obvious deterioration to the wooden cribbing of the elevator, including a hole midway up its east side, was visible during a 2024 site visit.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1940-1946	C. T. Campbell
1946-1980	J. Alex Beresford
1980-1983	Jack Crompton
1983-1992	Rodney Durham
1992-1998	Ronald Schoonbaert
1998-2001	?

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Austin (July 1992) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 1947. The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Austin (February 2015) Source: Jean McManus Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Austin (August 2020) Source: George Penner The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Austin (August 2021) Source: Rose Kuzina The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Austin (July 2024) Source: Jean McManus The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Austin (July 2024) Source: Jean McManus Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.95058, W98.93571 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“Farmers may start their own elevators,” Brandon Sun, 10 August 2001, page 18.

We thank Neil Christoffersen, Jean McManus, George Penner, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 January 2025

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