Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (MacGregor, Municipality of North Norfolk)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at MacGregor, on the CPR Carberry Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of North Norfolk, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1968 to replace an earlier elevator destroyed by fire on 5 July 1968. Renovated in 1987, it was closed by Agricore in July 2001 and demolished in 2003.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1940-1941	David Souter Naylor (1870-1956)
1941-1946	C. A. Mansfield
1946-1948	R. W. Gilbert
1948-1954	William James “Bill” Trinder (1914-2003)
1954-1979	Jack A. Hill
1979-1987	Isaac Quiring
1987-1998	Claire Lobreau
1998-2001	?

Photos & Coordinates

Aerial view of the Manitoba Pool grain elevator at MacGregor (1987) Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University The Manitoba Pool grain elevator at MacGregor (April 1998) Source: George Penner The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at MacGregor (May 2000) Source: Mike Lisowski The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at MacGregor (no date) Source: Bernie Freeman Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.96482, W98.77641 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

“Fire destroys elevator here Friday afternoon,” MacGregor Herald, 11 July 1968, page 1.

Obituary [William Trinder], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 May 2003.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Shelagh Poolie (Viterra Inc.) for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, George Penner, Mike Lisowski, and Bernie Freeman.

Page revised: 3 April 2022

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