Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Oakburn, RM of Yellowhead)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A 51,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Oakburn, on the CNR Rossburn Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead, was built in 1965 by Manitoba Pool Elevators, replacing an earlier elevator that stood on the opposite end of the annex. The crib annex was constructed in 1950 and enlarged by 36,000 bushels in 1967. The facility was closed in April 1996, when the adjacent railway line was abandoned, and sold by tender.

Agents / Buyers

Period

Agent / Buyer

1940-1942

M. G. Evasiuk

1942-1947

J. P. Sulymko

1947-1951

G. G. Ogloff

1951-1952

S. J. Dutchak

1952-1953

Douglas Howard Smith

1953-1955

R. G. Waddell

1955-1959

Steve P. Ferens

1959-1970

N. W. Ness

1970-1983

John Yurchuk

1983-1988

Robert J. Davidson

1988-1991

R. Murray Hagyard

1991-1996

Dan Yanchycki

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn (no date) by Earl Gordon Johnston
Source: Shelley Johnston-Frith

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn (July 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn (August 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn

Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn (September 2020)
Source: George Penner

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn (October 2021)
Source: Jean McManus

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.56659, W100.58111
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Oakburn, RM of Yellowhead)

Sources:

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

We thank Glenn Dickson, Rose Kuzina, George Penner, Jean McManus, and Shelley Johnston-Frith for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 October 2022

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