Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Edwin, RM of Portage la Prairie)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A 27,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at the railway siding of Edwin on the CNR Pleasant Point Subdivision, in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, was built in 1928 and operated by the Manitoba Pool Elevators. A 30,000-bushel balloon annex once stood beside it but has been removed. The elevator closed in July 1978, after the rail line from Portage la Prairie was severed by the construction of the Portage Diversion in the late 1960s. It was decided that the cost of building a bridge was not warranted by revenue from operation of the line. The elevator was used for private grain storage into the early 2000s but had since fallen into disrepair. It was demolished in June 2019.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1928-1930	David Kirkpatrick
1930-1939	Arthur J. Brown
1939-1941	J. E. Greenaway
1941-1943	L. E. Spetz
1943-1946	C. S. Brown
1946-1951	W. K. Mann
1951-1952	J. V. Hunt
1952-1956	Irving A. Joel
1956-1964	Calvin William Harvey (1924-2003)
1964-1966	Stuart G. McGorman
1966-1974	M. L. Bekar
1974-1975	Melvin Lone
1975-1977	Dennis W. Clarkson
1977-1978	Ernest W. Burton

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (July 1972) Source: Joel Bouchard Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (July 2010) Source: Bernie Freeman Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (July 2010) Source: Bernie Freeman Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (October 2014) Source: Jean McManus Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (2016) Source: Desiree Rolfe Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin prior to demolition (May 2019) Source: George Penner Site of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (August 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88987, W98.51289 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

Obituary [Calvin William Harvey], Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 2003.

We thank James Kostuchuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Jean McManus, Bernie Freeman, Mike Lisowski, Gordon Goldsborough, Joel Bouchard, Desiree Rolfe, Rose Kuzina, and George Penner.

Page revised: 5 April 2022

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