Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Paterson Grain Elevator (Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator on South Railway Street in Boissevain, on the CPR Boissevain Subdivision in the Municipality of Boissevain-Morton was built in 1928 by Manitoba Pool Elevators on behalf of a local association. A large, colourful mural on its south side was painted by artists Stephen Jackson and Gus Froese. Closed by Agricore in October 2000, the elevator was purchased by the Paterson Grain Company.

The elevator was demolished in March 2020.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1928-1939	Ben H. Herron
1939-1951	Milford C. Johnson (1905-1966)
1951-1960	Harvey J. Couling
1960-1966 (A)	Arthur E. “Art” Cochrane
1960-1964 (B)	Ernest Cecil Wedgewood (1918-1998)
1964-1966 (B)	Gordon W. Pedden
1966-1969 (A)	Gordon W. Pedden
1966-1969 (B)	T. B. “Rae” Turner
1969-1977	William A. “Bill” Pearson
1977-1988	James A. “Jim” Henderson
1988-1998	Dennis Monchalin
1998-2001	?

Photos & Coordinates

Grain elevators at Boissevain (July 2000) Source: George Penner Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Boissevain (July 2001) Source: Mike Lisowski Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Boissevain (August 2014) Source: Jean McManus Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.23072, W100.05754 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Paterson Grain Elevator (Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: McCabe Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)

Sources:

Obituary [Ernest Cecil Wedgewood], Brandon Sun, 7 August 1998, page 32.

“Town may lose top mural,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 August 2000, page 12.

“Stephen Jackson, mural artist dies,” Boissevain Recorder, 8 January 2016, page 6.

Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.

Beckoning Hills Revisited, page 58.

We thank Leona Devuyst, Mike Lisowski, and Paul Rayner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jean McManus.

Page revised: 26 December 2020

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