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A wooden grain elevator and annex at Beresford, on the CPR Estevan Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead, was built by Western Canada Flour Mills in 1925. It was purchased in 1940 by local farmers and operated as part of Manitoba Pool Elevators. It closed on 1 November 1996 and was demolished on 24 August 1998.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1940
T. G. Nesbitt
1940-1946
James R. Morrison
1946-1951
Kenneth E. Elliott
1951-1953
W. M. Boughton
1953-1957
James N. Litster
1957-1959
David W. Wiebe
1959-1965
Evan A. “Corky” Clark
1965-1968
Edward G. Puhach (Porter)
1968-1970
T. M. Vandekerckhove
1970-1974
Victor H. Penner
1974-1975
J. J. Nelson
1975-1984
Glen Murray Lumgair
1984-1991
Richard Vanhove
1991-1996
Glen Sagert
1996
K. Tremblath
Aerial view of the Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Beresford (1990s)
Source: Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
The former Manitoba Pool Elevator at Beresford (no date)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn DicksonSite Location (lat/long): N49.73039, W100.19719
denoted by symbol on the map above
Digital orthophotographs, Manitoba Land Initiative, Government of Manitoba.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Whitehead Wanderings: 1883-2010, Volume 2 by Whitehead History Committee, circa 2010, page 42.
We thank Ardythe McMaster and David Brownlee for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Glenn Dickson.
Page revised: 4 February 2020
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