Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Clanwilliam, RM of Minto-Odanah)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A 40,000-bushel grain elevator in Clanwilliam, on the CNR Rossburn Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah, was built in 1928 and operated by a cooperative association affiliated with Manitoba Pool Elevators. By the 1960s, it had a balloon annex on one side and an older, smaller elevator on the other. In 1982, the elevator was fully modernized, the balloon annex was removed, and a new crib annex replaced the old elevator. Closed in April 1996 when the railway line was abandoned, the facility had not been used for several years. Its metal cladding was damaged in numerous places and the exposed wood was deteriorating. It was demolished in February 2018.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1928-1936	C. H. Slack
1936-1962	H. Hagglund
1962-1972	G. W. Franks
1972-1974	Robert George “Bob” Michie (1923-1983)
1974-1983	Roy C. Ellingson
1983-1989	Doug Longmuir
1989-1992	Jack Crompton
1992-1996	Byron Douglas Mason

Photos & Coordinates

The Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clanwilliam (July 1979) by Lawrence Stuckey Source: Lawrence Stuckey Collection, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University, 1-2002.3.3.CNR[233] The Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clanwilliam (no date) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clanwilliam (October 2006) Source: Bernie Freeman The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clanwilliam (September 2014) Source: Jean McManus The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clanwilliam (August 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clanwilliam (August 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Interior of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clanwilliam (August 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Interior of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clanwilliam (August 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The grain elevator at Clanwilliam being demolished (February 2018) Source: Darryl Holyk (MInnedosa Tribune) Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.36498, W99.81748 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

We thank Darryl Holyk (Minnedosa Tribune) for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Bernie Freeman, and Jean McManus.

Page revised: 1 May 2021

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