Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ogilvie Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Oberon, Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)

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A wooden grain elevator at Oberon, on the CPR Varcoe Subdivision in the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, was built by Ogilvie Flour Mills before 1912 and sold to Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1959. Closed in July 1974 when a larger elevator opened at nearby Harte, the elevator now stands abandoned.

Agents / Buyers

Period

Agent / Buyer

1912-1959

?

1959-1974

Forrest Bazil Keith Alexander (1911-?)

Photos & Coordinates

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon

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

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (May 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (February 2019)
Source: Suzanne Lemon

Aerial view of former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon

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

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (July 2024)
Source: Jean McManus

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (July 2024)
Source: Jean McManus

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (July 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (November 2024)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Office at the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon

Office at the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (July 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Interior of the office at the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon

Interior of the office at the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oberon (July 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site 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, George Penner, Rose Kuzina, and Jean McManus for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 February 2025

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