Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Sanford, RM of Macdonald)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator in Sanford, on the CNR Carman Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, was formerly operated by Manitoba Pool Elevators. Built in 1949, the elevator and crib annex replaced one destroyed by fire on 22 September 1948. The facility was closed in April 1996 and sold into private ownership. By 2014, conspicuous deterioration of its wooden annex had occurred but the extent of the damage was concealed by new metal cladding. Demolition of the elevator occurred between January and February 2019.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1928-1932	Jack H. Hunter
1932-1940	William Percival “Percy” Waters (c1906-1953)
1940-1941	John Wilson “Jack” Hyslop (1901-?)
1941-1948	Robert Howard Preston (1889-1969)
1948-1951	Archibald Welling “Archie” Galbraith (1914-1993)
1952-1986	Alvin Leslie “Toad” Miller (1921-2006)
1986-1991	Bill Johnston
1992	Darryl Godard
1992-1994	Dennis Hague
1995	Van Huebner
1996	Ed Baldwin
1997-1998	Allen Wilson

Photos & Coordinates

Former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Sanford (August 1999) Source: Mike Lisowski Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Sanford (September 2014) Source: Jean McManus Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Sanford (September 2014) Source: Glen Schattner Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Sanford (July 2018) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Sanford (July 2018) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Annex of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Sanford after demolition (January 2019) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Sanford during demolition (February 2019) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.68122, W97.44822 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“City accountant, W. P. Waters dies at 46 years,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 January 1953, page 24.

Sanford-Ferndale 1871-1987 by Sanford-Ferndale History Committee, 1989, pages 134-136.

Death registration [Archibald Welling Galbraith], British Columbia Vital Statistics.

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

We thank Glen Schattner, Mike Lisowski, and Jean McManus for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 July 2020

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