A 42,000-bushel wooden grain elevator in Forrest, on the CPR Lenore Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Elton, was built in 1927 and operated by Manitoba Pool Elevators. A 66,000-bushel wooden crib annex was built beside it in 1956. The facility closed in 1980, its function being replaced by a modern elevator on the northeast side of Brandon, and was used for private grain storage. It was demolished in late November 2018.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1927-1928
H. W. Sutherland
1928-1941
George Spencer Turner (1906-1994)
1941-1946
Frank Cole McBurney (1909-1986)
1947-1948
Clarence Walter Haralson (1907-1962)
1948-1951
R. A. Laurie
1951-1965
Duncan E. Kennedy
1965-1979
Evan A. “Corky” Clark
1979-1981
Tim Weber
Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Forrest (July 1992)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2209.
The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Forrest (September 2014)
Source: Jean McManus
The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Forrest (April 2017)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Forrest (April 2017)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Forrest (April 2017)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of the former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Forrest (April 2017)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.96696, W99.93859
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator A (RM of Cornwallis)
Obituary [Lloyd Henry Hackman], Russell Banner, 16 April 1991, page 9.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Obituary [Frank Cole McBurney], Winnipeg Free Press, 9 April 1986, page 48.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Barry Bromley and Brad Moorehead for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jean McManus.
Page revised: 1 December 2021
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