Historic Sites of Manitoba: Searle Grain Elevator / Federal Grain Elevator (Garland, Municipality of Ethelbert)

A wooden grain elevator at Garland, on the CNR Cowan Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Ethelbert, was built around 1934 by Searle Grain. Sold to Federal Grain in 1966, it was closed around 1971 and later removed from the site.

Aerial view of grain elevator at Garland

Aerial view of grain elevator at Garland (1948)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library, A11738-78

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.66834, W100.46668
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Grain Elevators in Canada, compiled by Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada, Winnipeg, 1912-1930, 1930-1953, 1953-1998 [Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries], 1998-2016 [Canadian Grain Commission].

Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (grant 19F-H51134, 2019-2020).

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Denis Sabourin (Denis Sabourin Geomatics).

Page revised: 30 March 2020

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