Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Paterson Grain Elevator (Cypress River, RM of Victoria)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Cypress River, on the CPR Glenboro Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Victoria, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1928. Its capacity was augmented with a balloon annex in 1954 and a crib annex in 1976. Closed by Agricore in 2001, it was sold to the Paterson Grain Company in 2004. The railway line was abandoned in 2014 and was removed in the summer of 2016.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1928-1930	H. C. Couzens
1930-1934	Allen Fraser “Tobie” Sutherland (1899-1962)
1934-1942	Robert Howard Preston (1889-1969)
1942-1949	Reginald Grundy (1903-1961)
1949-1951	William Sanford “Bill” Kirbyson (1908-1995)
1951-1971	Kenneth E. Elliott
1971-1979	William Nielson
1979-1986	James “Jim” Ralston (1921-2000)
1986-1997	Denis Lafreniere
1997-2001	Garth Stephenson
After 2001	See Paterson Grain Elevator

Photos & Coordinates

Aerial view of the grain elevators at Cypress River (July 2018) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Cypress River (August 1992) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2281. Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Cypress River (October 2015) Source: Jean McManus Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Cypress River (July 2018) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Cypress River (August 2020) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55433, W99.08939 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Paterson Grain Elevator (Cypress River, RM of Victoria)

Sources:

Obituary [Reginald Grundy], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 November 1961, page 27.

Pioneers Perseverance & Progress: Cypress River Addendum 2000 by Cypress River History, 2000, pages 8-9.

Obituary [James Ralston], Brandon Sun, 26 February 2000, page 22.

“N. M. Paterson & Sons Ltd. purchases Agricore United facility in Cypress River,” Glenboro Gazette, 13 April 2004, page 2.

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

We thank Jean McManus and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 October 2023

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