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A 98,000-bushel wooden grain elevator in the railway siding of Gordon, on the CNR Oak Point Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Rosser, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1928 for a local cooperative association. A crib annex was built beside it in 1959. The facility closed in late 1988 and the buildings were demolished in early 1989, replaced by a newly-constructed concrete elevator near Rosser.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1930
J. C. Paul
1930-1933
Charles Elmer “Charlie” Pulfer (c1895-1980)
1933-1940
David Mitchell
1940-1943
George Edward Simmie
1943-1946
James Harold Couzens
1946
W. C. Jamieson
1946-1947
James Meldrum
1947-1948
Hector R. Lahaie (1919-1972)
1948-1949
Roy K. Leonard
1949-1952
Donald J. McBurney
1952-1962
Allan J. M. Hill (1914-1962)
1962-1963
Lloyd G. Miller
1963
Dennis G. Avery
1964-1979
Joseph M. Storey
1979-1984
David Wilson
1984-1987
Russell Wishnowski
Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Gordon (1964)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library.
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Gordon (no date)
Source: Paul Newsome, Vintage Locomotive Society
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Gordon with the Prairie Dog Central train beside it (1975)
Source: Paul Newsome, Vintage Locomotive Society
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Gordon (no date)
Source: Al Myska
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Gordon (no date)
Source: Julie Harris
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Gordon (no date)
Source: Al Myska
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Gordon being demolished (1989)
Source: Al MyskaSite Location (lat/long): N49.99880, W97.34142
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Viterra Grain Elevator (RM of Rosser)
Winnipeg West topographic map, 62H/14 West, Edition 1, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].
Annual Reports, Manitoba Pool Elevators, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
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].
“Lorette news,” Steinbach Carillon News, 8 November 1972, page 6.
We thank Julie Harris, Sharon Menheer, Paul Newsome, Morgan Turney, and Al Myska for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Denis Sabourin (Denis Sabourin Geomatics).
Page revised: 12 November 2022
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