Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator A / Private Grain Elevator (Regent, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator on the CPR Boissevain Subdivision in the Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester was built in 1927 by the Regent Cooperative Elevator Association and operated as part of the Manitoba Pool network. It was once one of three elevators at Regent, the others being operated by Lake of the Woods Milling Company and the other built by Western Canada Flour Mills in 1914, closed in 1940 and sold to Manitoba Pool for use as its “Pool B” until 1953 when it was torn down and replaced by an annex beside the “A” elevator, which had sustained damage to its office and scale area in a tornado on 26 July 1929.

Closed in December 1974, the final meeting of the cooperative was held on 8 December 1975. The elevator was sold to Saban Farms and used for private grain storage. In 1998, it was re-sold to a second private owner. Used for a few years for private grain storage, it sat vacant for several years before being destroyed by fire on 13 March 2014.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1927-1931	Alexander M. Reid
1931-1942	Gordon Andrew McLean (1909-1982)
1942-1943	Pat Sparrow
1943	Cliff Darling
1943-1960	Maxwell Agnew “Max” Mullett (1913-1997)
1960-1963	Robert George “Bob” Michie (1923-1983)
1963-1966	Ross G. Ferguson
1966	Herbert W. “Herb” Hill
1966-1967	Richard J. “Dick” Hills
1967-1968	Ed N. Nickel
1968-1969	Arthur E. “Art” Godfrey
1969-1971	Dale E. Klippenstein
1971-1972	Edward R. “Ed” Penner
1972-1973	Archie Heinrichs
1973-1974	Donald W. “Don” Stewart

Photos & Coordinates

Tornado damage to the Manitoba Pool elevator at Regent, with Western Canada Flour Mills and Lake of the Woods Milling elevators in the background (July 1929) by W. L. Fox Source: Barry More Three grain elevators at Regent: Manitoba Pool at left, Western Canada at middle, and Lake of the Woods at right (1930s) Source: Barry More, Murray Brown Trucks lined up to deliver grain to the Manitoba Pool elevator at Regent (Fall 1959) Source: Barry More, Lottie McGee The Manitoba Pool elevator at Regent (June 1970) by Larry Love Source: Barry More The Manitoba Pool elevator at Regent (July 1972) Source: Joel Bouchard The Manitoba Pool elevator at Regent (1978) by Larry Love Source: Barry More The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Regent (August 1992) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2052. The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Regent (1980s) Source: Lory Saban The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Regent (March 2004) Source: Glenn Dickson The Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Regent on fire (13 March 2014) by Leslie Larson Source: Barry More Site of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Regent (July 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.34128, W100.31812 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lake of the Woods Grain Elevator (Regent, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Western Canada Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Regent, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

Sources:

Our Heritage by Regent Women’s Institute, c1967, pages 69-71. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.R44 Reg]

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

Obituary [Gordon Andrew McLean], Brandon Sun, 9 November 1982, page 17.

Southwest Manitoba Elevator Trip, Part 8 - Hartney to Minto, Confessions of a Train Geek.

We thank Glenn Dickson, Joel Bouchard, and Lory Saban for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Barry More.

Page revised: 10 April 2021

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