Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian Consolidated Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 2 (Lac du Bonnet)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Lac du Bonnet, on the CPR Lac du Bonnet Subdivision, was built in late 1934 by the Canadian Consolidated Grain Company. Sold in 1959 to United Grain Growers, it operated as the company’s second elevator at the site until it was closed around 1981 and demolished in 1982.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1934-1953	John Willard “Jack” Wade (1905-1980)
1953-1958	?
1958-1960	H. F. Rose
1960-1965	W. L. Schenk
After 1965	See UGG 1

Photos & Coordinates

Canadian Consolidated grain elevator at Lac du Bonnet (no date) Source: Logs and Lines from the Winnipeg River, page 167 Canadian Consolidated grain elevator at Lac du Bonnet, seen from the Inter-Ocean grain elevator (early 1950s) Source: Ramsay McIntosh (via Gus Wruck) Site Location (lat/long): N50.26450, W96.05135 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Inter-Ocean Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 1 (Lac du Bonnet)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Indianhead Wild Rice Building (Provincial Road 502, Lac du Bonnet)

Sources:

United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

Logs and Lines from the Winnipeg River: A History of the Lac du Bonnet Area by Lac du Bonnet Pioneer Club, November 1980, page 250. [Manitoba Legislative Library]

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Gus Wruck.

Page revised: 3 April 2026

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