
|
|
Link to:
Agents / Buyers | Photos & Maps | Sources
In 1912, the Manitoba Grain Commission leased three grain elevators that it had purchased at Reston, on the CPR Arcola Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, to the Grain Growers Grain Company, predecessor to United Grain Growers. UGG bought one of them in 1926, acquiring a second elevator at Reston in 1943 from McCabe Grain, which had bought it from Lake of the Woods Milling. The second elevator was demolished in 1947.
UGG supplemented its elevator with a new one, opened officially at a ceremony on 10 August 1959 attended by President J. E. Brownlee. The elevators were demolished around 2001.
Agents / Buyers
Period |
Agent / Buyer |
1913-1951 |
J. D. Bulloch |
1951-1953 |
W. E. Pierce |
1953-1955 |
O. W. Chester |
1955-1971 |
Wilbur S. Thompson |
1971-1984 |
Robert J. “Bob” Turnbull |
1984-2001 |
? |
Photos & Maps

Former United Grain Growers grain elevators at Reston (1971)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson

Former United Grain Growers grain elevators at Reston (1971)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson

Former United Grain Growers grain elevators at Reston (1972)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson

Former United Grain Growers grain elevators at Reston (1981)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson
Site Location (lat/long): N49.55528, W101.09374 denoted by symbol on the map above |
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Reston, RM of Pipestone)
Sources:
United Grain Growers Fonds, Box 60, MSS 76, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
We thank Bill Busby for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 December 2017
 |
Historic Sites of Manitoba
This is a collection of historic sites in Manitoba compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society.
SEARCH the collection
Browse lists of:
Museums/Archives | Buildings | Monuments | Cemeteries | Locations | Other
Please note that inclusion in this collection does not mean that a particular site has special status or protection. Some sites are on private property and permission must be secured from the owner prior to visiting.
Site information is provided by the Manitoba Historical Society as a free public service only for non-commercial purposes. |
|
|
Back to top of page
|