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A pair of wooden grain elevators in Starbuck, on the CPR Glenboro Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, were operated by Manitoba Pool Elevators. In 1993, the elevators were replaced by a larger, concrete elevator to the east of them then they were demolished in January 2001. The elevators are commemorated at the site by a monument built by Len Goldsborough.
Agents / Buyers (Pool A)
Period |
Agent / Buyer |
1927-1928 |
Eugene Carroll |
1928-1929 |
A. Dunsmore |
1929-1930 |
F. A. Owens |
1930-1939 |
J. E. Greenaway |
1939-1944 |
Arthur J. Brown |
1944-1946 |
M. Snow |
1947-1948 |
Earl Shursell |
1948-1951 |
D. O. Bye |
1951-1972 |
Fred Lawrence Topham (c1908-1991) |
1972-1995 |
Ernest Joseph “Ernie” Chumola (1935-2012) |
1995-1996 |
? |
1996-1998 |
Allan Wilson |
Agents / Buyers (Pool B)
Period |
Agent / Buyer |
1940-1947 |
C. E. Dauphinais |
1948-1951 |
George R. Suggitt |
1951-1952 |
W. K. Mann |
1952-1955 |
C. R. Frost |
1955-1966 |
Frederick Thompson “Fred” Bowles (1915-1990) |
1966-1970 |
David Martens |
Agents / Buyers (Pool C)
Period |
Agent / Buyer |
1960-1964 |
Frederick Thompson “Fred” Bowles (1915-1990) |
1966-1972 |
David Martens |
Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool grain elevators at Starbuck (1957)
Source: Wayne Schuman

Manitoba Pool grain elevators at Starbuck (1959) by Earl Gordon Johnston
Source: Shelley Johnston-Frith

Manitoba Pool grain elevators at Starbuck (1959) by Earl Gordon Johnston
Source: Shelley Johnston-Frith

Manitoba Pool grain elevators at Starbuck (1959) by Earl Gordon Johnston
Source: Shelley Johnston-Frith

Aerial view of the Starbuck grain elevators with a new concrete replacement under construction in the background (1992)
Source: Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives.

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Starbuck (July 1997)
Source: George Penner

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Starbuck (June 1999)
Source: George Penner

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevators at Starbuck (2000)
Source: Jean Ammeter

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevators at Starbuck being demolished (January 2001)
Source: Alan Livingston

Monument for the Starbuck grain elevators (July 2018) by Len Goldsborough
Source: Jean McManus
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.76909, W97.61910 denoted by symbol on the map above
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Sources:
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Obituary [Frederick Thompson Bowles], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 July 1990, page 43.
Obituary [Fred Lawrence Topham], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 February 1991, page 23.
Obituary [Ernest Joseph Chumola], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 December 2012.
We thank Rosalind Malcolm, Jean Ammeter, George Penner, Jean McManus, and Shelley Johnston-Frith for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 October 2022
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