Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ogilvie Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Kaleida, Municipality of Pembina)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Kaleida, on the CPR Kaleida Subdivision in the Municipality of Pembina, was built in 1905 for a group of local farmers and sold two year later to the Ogilvie Milling Company. By 1959, when it was sold to Manitoba Pool Elevators and became its B elevator, the original 25,000-bushel capacity had increased to 70,000 bushels with an adjoining annex. The rail line was abandoned in mid-1962 and the elevator closed in July 1963. Sold to private ownership, it was used for several years as a seed-cleaning plant but now stands idle.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1905-1906	Mr. Bakki
1906-?	James Armstrong
?-?	Fenton Hill
?-?	Mr. Gunness
?-?	Stan Ingram
?-?	William Gibson
?-?	Gus Porte
?-1959	Russ Brown
1959-1962	Blaine F. Angers
1962-1963	Allan Bork

Photos & Coordinates

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator B (September 2010) Source: Ken Jacobs The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator B and balloon annex at Kaleida (July 2014) Source: Jean McManus Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator B and balloon annex at Kaleida (September 2020) Source: George Penner Interior of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator B at Kaleida (September 2021) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.12941, W98.46955 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Kaleidoscope, 1878-1986 by Kaleida Historical Society, 1986, pages 8-9.

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

We thank Ken Jacobs, Jean McManus, George Penner, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 November 2021

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