Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Netley Siding, RM of St. Andrews)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Netley Siding, on the CPR Winnipeg Beach Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, was built in 1948 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. Renovated between February and August 1986, it was reopened at a ceremony on 15 August 1986. Closed on 31 October 2000, it remained in use for private grain storage at the time of a 2016 site visit.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1947-1955	Jack A. Hill
1955-1956	A. M. Epp
1956-1960	Clifford R. Rance
1960-1963	Adrien Louis Kolly (1931-2016)
1963-1965	David J. Reynolds
1965-1967	L. Cameron Stoesz
1967-1969	J. G. Mullin
1969-1973	Dean A. Couvier
1973-1976	Donald Lowe (1918-2003)
1976-1977	William Alexander “Bill” Murdoch (1915-1986)
1977-1979	Louis Payment
1979-1981	Ralph Steven Tanchak (1957-2019)
1981-1998	Kelly Bothe
1998-?	Kyle Trembath

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Netley siding undergoing renovation (1986) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Renovated Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Netley Siding (no date) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding (2004) Source: Bernie Freeman Former Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding (February 2015) Source: Jean McManus Former Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding (July 2016) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Former Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding (June 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Aerial view of the former Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding (November 2020) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.35673, W96.95675 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

Obituary [William Murdoch], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 February 1986, page 40.

“Feeding the world,” Selkirk Journal, 2 October 2000, page 8.

Obituary [Adrien Louis Kolly], Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 2016.

Obituary [Ralph Steven Tanchak], Winnipeg Free Press, 28 May 2019.

We thank Jim Robertson, Jean McManus, Bernie Freeman, Rose Kuzina, Jonathan Tanchak, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 March 2022

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