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A 40,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Kenton, on the CPR Lenore Subdivision in what is now the RM of Wallace-Woodworth, was built in 1928 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. It was closed in 1976 and demolished the following year.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1927-1928
R. F. Graham
1928-1929
R. S. Ferris
1929-1946
William Edward Hargreaves (1884-1947)
1946-1949
G. R. Chambers
1949-1950
G. A. Johnson
1950-1953
?
1953-1960
William Bruce Johnson
1960-1968
George A. Perrin
After 1968
Aerial view of the grain elevators at Kenton (1957)
Source: Howdy McPhail Aerial Photographs, University of Saskatchewan Library, MG402, Town Series 4, Box 7, 318aSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.98820, W100.61738
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator C (Kenton, RM of Wallace-Woodworth)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lake of the Woods Grain Elevator / Ogilvie Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Kenton, RM of Wallace-Woodworth)
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 April 2026
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