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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
In July 1930, lightning struck the two-year-old Manitoba Pool elevator at Clearwater, on the CPR Napinka Subdivision in the Municipality of Louise, destroying it along with 25,000 bushels of grain. A replacement with the same 40,000-bushel capacity was built in just over a month. Expanded with a temporary annex in 1951, a permanent addition came in 1969 with the construction of a crib annex on its east side, increasing the total capacity to 124,500 bushels. Closed by Agricore in October 2000, it was sold into private ownership and remains in use for local grain storage.
Agents / Buyers
Period |
Agent / Buyer |
1928-1932 |
J. A. McLean |
1932-1951 |
John Mervin “Jack” Howatt (1907-2005) |
1951-1956 |
Thomas Gordon Pickering (1919-1997) |
1956-1979 |
W. T. L. “Vern” McBrien (1930-2012) |
1979-1980 |
Brent McBrien |
1980-1981 |
Wayne Brugger |
1980-1987 |
L. C. ”Dick” Myers |
1987-1988 |
Bevan Mayert |
1988-1989 |
Jack Crompton |
1989-1990 |
Barry Semple |
1990-1991 |
Keith Saunders |
1991-1998 |
Kendall Maxwell |
1998-2000 |
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Photos & Coordinates

Aerial view of grain elevators at Clearwater (1988)
Source: Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University

Construction of crib annex beside Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clearwater (August 1969) by Earl Gordon Johnston
Source: Shelley Johnston-Frith

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clearwater (August 2014)
Source: Jean McManus

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clearwater (August 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clearwater (September 2020)
Source: George Penner
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.13269, W99.03949 denoted by symbol on the map above
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See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Federal Grain Elevator (Clearwater, Municipality of Louise)
Sources:
“News in brief,” Brandon Sun, 9 July 1930, page 1.
“News in brief,” Brandon Sun, 15 August 1930, page 1.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Obituary [Thomas Gordon Pickering], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 April 1997, page 14.
“Agricore elevators in Baldur and Pilot Mound close November 30th,” Baldur Gazette News, 7 November 2000, page 1.
We thank Jean McManus, George Penner, and Shelley Johnston-Frith for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 October 2022
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