Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Purves, Municipality of Louise)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A 44,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Purves, on the now-abandoned CPR Snowflake Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Louise, was built in 1928 and operated by Manitoba Pool Elevators. Two balloon annexes were built beside it, in 1940 and 1951. Closed in December 1980, it is now used for private grain storage.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1928-1930	O. D. Davis
1930-1940	J. W. McLaughlin
1940-1943	L. A. Wilton
1943-1946	J. C. White
1946-1950	William Alexander “Alex” Shields (1918-1989)
1950-1951	R. F. Strachan
1951-1960	William Alexander “Alex” Shields (1918-1989)
1960-1964	Gordon W. Pedden
1964-1966	W. J. Strutt
1966-1970	William B. Izzard
1970-1972	Richard D. L. Gibson
1972-1973	William E. “Ed” Lowton
1973-1974	W. K. Smart
1974-1975	Donald J. Brown
1975-1978	Steven Yeomans
1978-1978	Duncan MacLure
1978-1980	Gordon Maxwell

Photos & Coordinates

Grain elevators at Purves (no date) Source: Joel Bouchard Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Purves (August 1992) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2087. Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator and balloon annex at Purves (August 1992) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2088. Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Purves (July 2014) Source: Jean McManus Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Purves (July 2016) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Aerial view of the grain elevators at Purves (September 2020) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.12501, W98.73310 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Maple Leaf Grain Elevator / Federal Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Purves, Municipality of Louise)

Sources:

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

Obituary [William Alexander Shields], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 March 1989, page 51.

Manitoba Pool Brief, Reg Forbes Collection, 17-2002, Series II, Box 4, Grain Handling and Transportation Commission, Area 2 - Pilot Mound 1007, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.

We thank Harry Pauls, Joel Bouchard, Jean McManus, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 7 November 2020

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