Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Glenora, RM of Argyle)

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A 40,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Glenora, on the CNR Wakopa Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Argyle, was built in 1927 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. A new balloon annex was constructed next to it in 1952, increasing its total capacity to 85,000 bushels. The elevator was closed in December 1978 and sold into private ownership. It was destroyed by fire on 14 December 1980, along with 23,000 bushels of grain.

Agents / Buyers

Period

Agent / Buyer

1927-1929

William Percival “Percy” Water (c1906-1953)

1929-1949

Clifford C. Douglas

1949-1953

F. W. McIntosh

1953-1957

David Park Miller (1916-2003)

1957-1963

R. N. Denbow

1963-1973

W. B. Gordon

1973-1975

Dennis Lindsay Magwood

1975-1978

Clair E. Lebreau

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Glenora

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Glenora (no date)
Source: Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.25322, W99.15494
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

“Elevator destroyed,” Brandon Sun, 17 December 1980, page 3.

Obituary [David Park Miller], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 December 2003.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 16 January 2022

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