Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ogilvie Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Oberon, Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)
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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A wooden grain elevator at Oberon, on the CPR Varcoe Subdivision in the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, was built by Ogilvie Flour Mills and sold to Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1959. Closed in July 1974 when a much larger elevator opened at nearby Harte, the elevator now stands abandoned.
Agents / Buyers
Period
Agent / Buyer
1959-1974
Forrest Bazil Keith Alexander (1911-?)
Photos & Coordinates
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (July 1992)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2086.
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (May 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (February 2019)
Source: Suzanne Lemon
Aerial view of former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (September 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.04838, W99.47984
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Harte, Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)
Sources:
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank Suzanne Lemon and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 September 2020
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