A wooden grain elevator at La Riviere, on the CPR La Riviere Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Pembina, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators between February and October 1994, joining an annex from 1990 that had been part of a prior elevator built in 1980. Closed around 2001, the elevator, annex, and three steel tanks were moved to Somerset in November 2004.
Agents / Buyers
Period |
Agent / Buyer |
1928-1930 |
A. V. Staples |
1930-1931 |
Arthur James Whidden (1885-1942) |
1931-1935 |
C. E. Morfitt |
1935-1936 |
F. H. Kristjanson |
1936-1942 |
P. A. Johnstone |
1942-1949 |
F. H. McKenzie |
1949-1953 |
Clifford C. Douglas |
1953-1964 |
Thomas S. Mooney |
1964-1966 |
A. D. Wiebe |
1966-1971 |
L. C. “Dick” Myers |
1971-1972 |
Walter C. “Wally” McMillan |
1972-1974 |
Brian F. Carson |
1974-1975 |
Harry F. Popoff |
1975-1981 |
L. C. “Dick” Myers |
1981-1998 |
Steven Yeomans |
1998-2001 |
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Photos & Maps

Aerial view of the Manitoba Pool grain elevator at La Riviere (1995)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University

The Manitoba Pool grain elevator at La Riviere (July 2004)
Source: Justin De Baets

The Manitoba Pool grain elevator at La Riviere being prepared for transport (October 2004)
Source: Justin De Baets

The Manitoba Pool elevator from La Riviere being moved to Somerset (November 2004)
Source: Chris Thompson
Site Location (lat/long): N49.23983, W98.68084 denoted by symbol on the map above |
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Delmar Commodities Grain Elevator (Somerset, Municipality of Lorne)
Sources:
Digital orthophotographs, Manitoba Land Initiative, Government of Manitoba.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Chris Thompson, and Justin De Baets.
Page revised: 12 November 2017
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