Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian Consolidated Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth)
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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A 25,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Whitemouth, on the CPR Keewatin Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth, was enlarged in 1964 with a 34,000-bushel annex made from an elevator moved here from Elma. Despite local opposition, the elevator was closed on 31 July 1979. It is no longer present at the site.
Agents / Buyers
Period
Agent / Buyer
1935-1937
Albert Larson
1937-1943
James P. Bingham
1943-1956
Paul R. Paulson
1956-1960
W. R. Bridges
1960
Gordon Oleksuk
1960-1974
Norman Strong
1974
G. W. Struss
1974-1979
Cliff Shaw
Photos & Maps
United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (1962)
Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers Grain Elevator and Annex (1966)
Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
Former United Grain Growers grain elevator at Whitemouth (September 1979)
Source: George Penner
Former United Grain Growers grain elevator at Whitemouth (November 1982)
Source: George PennerSite Location (lat/long): N49.95384, W95.97767
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian Consolidated Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Elma, RM of Whitemouth)
Sources:
United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
“Whitemouth grain elevator to close,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 April 1979, page 4.
Digital orthophotographs, Manitoba Land Initiative, Government of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Glenn Dickson, and George Penner.
Page revised: 28 October 2017
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