Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator / Scoular 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 by Agricore on 31 October 2000, the elevator was sold to a local producer and used for private grain storage until 2016 when it was purchased by Scoular Canada.

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

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

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

Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding (2004)
Source: Bernie Freeman

Former Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding

Former Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding (February 2015)
Source: Jean McManus

Former Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding

Former Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding (July 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Former Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding

Former Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding (June 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Aerial view of the former Agricore grain elevator at Netley Siding

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.

“Prairie sentinel still stands tall,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 November 2023.

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: 25 November 2023

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