Manitoba Business: Manitoba Pool Elevators / Agricore
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The corporate entity known as Manitoba Pool started in January 1924 as the Manitoba Co-operative Wheat Producers Limited. In May 1929, it was renamed the Manitoba Wheat Pool under which it operated until declaring bankruptcy in 1932. Its assets were assumed by a former subsidiary, Manitoba Pool Elevators, which had been incorporated on 9 April 1925.
Through the years, Manitoba Pool acquired country elevators from other grain firms, starting with Western Canada Flour Mills (1940), Alliance Grain Company (1948), and Reliance Grain Company (20 elevators, 1948). In October 1959, it purchased 86 country elevators in Manitoba from Ogilvie Flour Mills and its subsidiary, Lake of the Woods Milling Company at a cost of $1,324,000, adding about 4,000,000 bushels of capacity to its elevator storage space. It sold 72 of these elevators to local associations. The company’s participation in the 1972 purchase of Federal Grain brought it 67 more country elevators in Manitoba, bringing its total complement to 381. It bought nine country elevators from the Scottish Co-operative Society in 1973.
In 1998, Manitoba Pool merged with its counterpart in Alberta, the Alberta Wheat Pool, to form Agricore Cooperative Limited. Among its subsidiaries, affiliates, and joint ventures were Alberta Industrial Mustard Company, Canadian Pool Agencies, CanAmerica Foods, Cascadia Terminal Joint Venture, Demeter (1993) Inc., Heartland Livestock Services, Interprovincial Cooperative, Lloydminster Joint Venture, Pacific Elevators, Pool Insurance, Prairie Mountain Agri, Prairie Sun Grains, Prairie West Terminals, Prince Rupert Grain, RADSS Technologies, SM Prairie Management, Sweetgrass Joint Venture, Western Co-operative Fertilizers, Western Pool Terminals, XCAN Grain Pool, and The Manitoba Co-operator newspaper.
On 1 November 2001, Agricore merged with United Grain Growers to form Agricore United which, in 2007, was taken over by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. This publicly traded corporation, known as Viterra, operated until 2013 when it was purchased by Glencore International.
A large collection of corporate records for Manitoba Pool Elevators, for the period from 1924 to 1998, is held at the S. J. McKee Archives in Brandon. Additional records from the Agricore and Agricore United periods of its history can be found at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Presidents
Vice-Presidents / Vice-Chairmen / First Vice-Presidents
General Managers / Chief Executive Officers
Corporate Secretaries
Period |
Corporate Secretary |
1924-1949 |
Fawcett Wright Ransom (1882-1957) |
1949-1957 |
Donald Wallace Richmond (1892-1982) |
1957-1967 |
Lloyd M. Henwood (1912-1996) |
1967-1969 |
Robert Elmer “Bob” Moffat (1916-2002) |
1969-1980 |
Donald Webster Wilton (1916-2006) |
1980-1985 |
Gregory S. “Greg” Arason |
1985-1992 |
Kenneth Conrad “Ken” Norell (?-2009) |
1992-1998 |
Anders Bruun |
1998-2000 |
James R. “Jim” Anderson |
2000-2001 |
Dennis Petaski |
After 2001 |
See Agricore United |
Treasurers / Chief Financial Officers
Period |
Treasurer / CFO |
1941-? |
Barry Bain (1900-1975) |
?-1970 |
? |
1970-1975 |
W. C. MacDonell |
1975-1995 |
W. Sokolowski |
1995-2001 |
Gary J. Timlick |
After 2001 |
See Agricore United |
Country Elevators
Location |
Assoc.
No. |
Sub-District |
Rail |
Started |
1970 Capacity (bushels) |
Closed |
Comments |
Alexander |
41 |
405 |
CPR |
1927 |
83,600 |
|
New annex (1980), demolished (1990), new elevator (September 1990) |
Altamont |
? |
304 |
CNR |
1972 |
65,800 |
1989 |
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), demolished (1995-1997) |
Altona A |
211 |
204 |
CPR |
1950 |
127,000 |
|
New elevator (1951), moved to Plum Coulee (1965), B became A, new annex (1967) |
Altona B |
211 |
204 |
CPR |
? |
- |
1993 |
Acquired from merger with Co-op Vegetable Oils |
Amaranth |
? |
|
CNR |
1946 |
78,900 |
1984 |
Two balloon annexes (?), bought from Federal Grain (1972) |
Angusville A |
? |
501 |
CNR |
1972 |
117,000 |
April 1996 |
Bought from Federal Grain (1972) |
Angusville B |
? |
501 |
CNR |
? |
72,000 |
|
Purchased from Cargill (1975) |
Angusville C |
? |
501 |
CNR |
? |
44,000 |
|
Purchased from Cargill (1975) |
Arborg A |
155 |
805 |
CPR |
1948 |
? |
|
New annex (1954), new elevator (1981) |
Arborg B |
155 |
805 |
CPR |
1940 |
? |
|
Former A elevator, new crib annex (1969) |
Arborg C |
155 |
805 |
CPR |
1923 |
? |
|
Purchased from Federal Grain (1972) |
Arborg D |
155 |
805 |
CPR |
March 1982 |
- |
April 2003 |
New elevator (March 1982) |
Arden A |
24 |
604 |
CPR |
1926 |
92,300 |
2000 |
|
Arden B |
24 |
604 |
CPR |
? |
30,000 |
|
|
Argyle |
- |
- |
CNR |
1932 |
56,200 |
1972 |
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), dismantled (1972-1973) |
Austin |
162 |
605 |
CPR |
? |
88,200 |
July 2001 |
New elevator (1951) |
Baldur A |
51 |
302 |
CNR |
1927 |
123,900 |
November 2000 |
Renovated (1971), new annex (1974) |
Baldur B |
51 |
302 |
CNR |
|
|
|
Purchased from UGG (1968), demolished (1975) |
Barnsley A |
89 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
32,400 |
July 1972 |
|
Barnsley B |
89 |
|
CPR |
1916 |
25,000 |
July 1972 |
Traded from UGG (1959) |
Basswood A |
18 |
602 |
CPR |
1926 |
41,400 |
November 1996 |
New annex (1969) |
Basswood B |
18 |
602 |
CPR |
1944 |
24,000 |
|
|
Basswood C |
18 |
602 |
CPR |
1944 |
35,000 |
|
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948) |
Beausejour A |
? |
803 |
CPR |
1953 |
115,000 |
? |
New elevator and annex (1953), new elevator (March 1981), demolished (September 2012) |
Beausejour B |
? |
803 |
CPR |
1960 |
102,000 |
|
Bought from Lake of the Woods (November 1959), demolished (?) |
Belleview |
163 |
|
CNR |
1940 |
20,000 |
July 1971 |
|
Bellsite |
? |
|
CNR |
1951 |
40,000 |
1960 |
New elevator (1951), sold to UGG (March 1960) |
Belmont |
80 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
89,000 |
February 1980 |
Elevator and annex destroyed by fire (18 April 1973) and not rebuilt |
Benard |
? |
802 |
CNR |
1948 |
36,300 |
November 1996 |
New elevator (1948), new annex (1966) |
Benito A |
93 |
702 |
CNR |
1928 |
76,200 |
|
Bought from Benito Farmers Elevator Company (1928) |
Benito B |
93 |
702 |
CNR |
1952 |
45,400 |
|
New crib annex (1976) |
Benito C |
93 |
702 |
CNR |
? |
26,000 |
|
Balloon annex (?), crib annex (?) |
Benito D |
93 |
702 |
CNR |
1906 |
25,000 |
|
Balloon annex (1940), balloon annex (1952) |
Beresford |
164 |
405 |
CPR |
1940 |
74,800 |
November 1996 |
Demolished (August 1998) |
Bergen (Winnipeg) |
? |
802 |
CPR |
1972 |
153,400 |
? |
Bought from Federal Grain (1972) |
Bethany |
151 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
46,500 |
July 1971 |
Leased from Bethany Farmers Cooperative |
Beulah A |
44 |
|
CNR |
1927 |
31,500 |
December 1978 |
New balloon annex (1964) |
Beulah B |
44 |
|
CNR |
? |
23,200 |
|
Demolished (1967) |
Bield |
55 |
|
CNR |
1927 |
66,900 |
December 1975 |
Bought from Northern Elevator (1927), major renovations (1954), new annex (1968) |
Binscarth |
92 |
502 |
CPR |
1928 |
89,200 |
|
New annex (1958), new elevator (December 1998) |
Birch River |
? |
|
CNR |
1972 |
116,000 |
1974 |
Bought from Federal (1972), traded to UGG |
Birdtail A |
152 |
|
CNR |
1929 |
100,000 |
December 1974 |
Bought from British America Elevator Company (?), destroyed by fire (2008) |
Birdtail B |
152 |
|
CNR |
|
|
|
Bought from UGG (March 1960) |
Birnie |
43 |
|
CNR |
1927 |
31,300 |
July 1972 |
|
Birtle A |
29 |
502 |
CPR |
1927 |
71,700 |
November 1996 |
Bought from National (June 1944), new elevator (1966), new annex (1981) |
Birtle B |
29 |
502 |
CPR |
? |
? |
|
Sold and demolished (1956) |
Boissevain A |
79 |
404 |
CPR |
1928 |
102,900 |
|
New annex (1950) |
Boissevain B |
79 |
404 |
CPR |
1964 |
95,000 |
1975 |
Annex moved to Boissevain A (?) |
Bowsman A |
2 |
701 |
CNR |
1928 |
39,000 |
|
Built (1928), demolished (1983) |
Bowsman B |
2 |
701 |
CNR |
1949 |
43,000 |
|
Built (1949), demolished (1983) |
Bowsman C |
2 |
701 |
CNR |
1951 |
48,300 |
2008 |
Built (1951), new crib annex (1966), closed (2008), demolished (2010) |
Bowsman D |
2 |
701 |
CNR |
? |
48,000 |
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), demolished (1983) |
Bowsman E |
2 |
701 |
CNR |
1922 |
25,000 |
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), demolished (1983) |
Bradwardine |
34 |
|
CPR |
1927 |
57,500 |
July 1980 |
New crib annex (1948) |
Brandon A |
73 |
603 |
CPR |
1928 |
98,600 |
|
Constructed (April 1984) |
Brandon B |
73 |
603 |
? |
1955 |
115,700 |
|
New elevator (1955), closed (1996) |
Brandon C |
73 |
603 |
? |
|
|
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), demolished (1986) |
Broad Valley |
? |
805 |
CNR |
? |
50,700 |
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), closed (1988), demolished (1992) |
Brookdale |
128 |
|
CPR |
1929 |
96,300 |
December 1978 |
New balloon annex (1941), new Overgaard annex (1952) |
Broomhill |
59 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
24,000 |
July 1971 |
Destroyed by fire (c1945), purchased Ogilvie elevator as replacement |
Brumlie |
? |
|
CNR |
? |
24,000 |
|
|
Brunkild A |
94 |
102 |
CNR |
1928 |
107,600 |
1994 |
Old elevator demolished (1966), new composite elevator constructed (1967) |
Brunkild B |
94 |
102 |
CNR |
? |
51,900 |
|
|
Burnside |
? |
801 |
CPR |
June 1984 |
- |
|
Constructed (June 1984) |
Cameron |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
38,000 |
|
|
Cardale A |
95 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
114,100 |
December 1978 |
New crib annex (1957) |
Cardale B |
95 |
|
CNR |
1915 |
24,700 |
|
Crib annex (?), acquired (c1953) |
Cardale C |
95 |
|
CNR |
? |
33,600 |
|
|
Carey A |
105 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
29,200 |
circa 1984 |
Built by Victoria Elevator Company (1914), sold to Manitoba Pool (1928), new annex (1967), sold to Pioneer Grain (1971) |
Carey B |
105 |
|
CPR |
c1953 |
75,100 |
|
Acquired (1953) |
Carman |
70 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
45,000 |
circa 1983 |
Destroyed by fire (August 1959) and rebuilt (1960), new annex (1963) |
Carnegie |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
52,300 |
1989 |
Demolished and rebuilt (c1954), destroyed by fire (c1962) |
Carroll |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
|
|
Bought from Ogilvie (1959), sold to McCabe Grain (circa 1961) |
Cartwright |
49 |
302 |
CPR |
1927 |
103,900 |
|
New annex (1981), new elevator (December 1987) |
Centennial (Winnipeg) |
? |
804 |
CPR |
1972 |
55,000 |
1989 |
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), destroyed by fire (1989) |
Chillon A |
101 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
46,700 |
July 1971 |
Bought from Paterson Grain (1928) |
Chillon B |
101 |
|
CPR |
1960 |
57,000 |
July 1971 |
Bought from UGG (1960) |
Clandeboye |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
32,000 |
July 1976 |
Bought from Ogilvie (1959) |
Clanwilliam |
56 |
602 |
CNR |
1928 |
102,100 |
April 1996 |
New annex (1982) |
Clearwater |
66 |
302 |
CPR |
1928 |
56,700 |
|
Destroyed by fire (c1930), new elevator (1969) |
Colby |
? |
|
CNR |
1973 |
60,000 |
circa 1983 |
Purchased from Scottish Cooperative (1973) |
Coulter |
99 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
50,000 |
July 1971 |
Annex (?) |
Cracknell |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
59,700 |
1966 |
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948), new annex (1953), elevator and annex sold to UGG (1966) |
Crandall A |
100 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
52,800 |
December 1980 |
New elevator (1928), B elevator moved beside and converted to annex (1951), renovated (1970) |
Crandall B |
100 |
|
CPR |
Before 1901 |
|
December 1980 |
Bought from Federal Grain (1940), converted to annex (1951) |
Croll |
13 |
|
CPR |
1926 |
77,500 |
December 1974 |
Destroyed by fire (c1930), converted to annex (1951) |
Cromer A |
11 |
401 |
CNR |
|
|
|
Elevator moved from Woodnorth (1981) |
Cromer B |
11 |
401 |
CNR |
|
|
|
Traded from UGG (1979) |
Crystal City |
97 |
302 |
CPR |
1928 |
79,200 |
|
|
Curtis |
? |
|
CNR |
1938 |
110,000 |
July 1972 |
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948) |
Cypress River A |
98 |
303 |
CPR |
1928 |
94,000 |
January 2001 |
New annex (1954), new annex (1976), sold to Paterson Grain (2004) |
Cypress River B |
98 |
303 |
CPR |
? |
? |
|
Destroyed by fire (1974) |
Dalny A |
5 |
|
CPR |
1925 |
96,200 |
July 1983 |
Converted to annex (1951), renovated (1967), annex moved to Goodlands (1982) |
Dalny B |
5 |
|
CPR |
? |
65,000 |
|
Annex (?) |
Dand |
69 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
57,500 |
December 1974 |
|
Darlingford |
192 |
305 |
CPR |
? |
121,200 |
|
New elevator built and old one converted to annex (1958), new annex (1976), elevator later demolished (?) |
Dauphin A |
32 |
705 |
CNR |
1927 |
111,500 |
|
New elevator (July 1985), sold to Pioneer Grain (2007), demolished (2015) |
Dauphin B |
32 |
705 |
CNR |
1948 |
73,100 |
|
New elevator (1948) |
Dauphin C |
32 |
705 |
CNR |
1953 |
160,300 |
|
New elevator (1953), renovated (1978-1979) |
Dauphin D |
32 |
705 |
CNR |
1960 |
61,000 |
|
Sold to UGG (1962) |
Decker A |
103 |
- |
CNR |
1915 |
25,400 |
December 1978 |
Bought from UGG (1928), demolished (February 1983) |
Decker B |
103 |
- |
CNR |
1912 |
48,600 |
December 1978 |
Bought from Alberta Pacific Grain (1943), new crib annex (1940), new crib annex (1968), demolished (February 1983) |
Deepdale |
28 |
|
CNR |
1926 |
- |
circa 1931 |
Leased from UGG |
Deloraine |
104 |
403 |
CPR |
|
|
|
New elevator (1973-1974) |
Deloraine A |
104 |
403 |
CPR |
1928 |
97,600 |
|
Bought from Paterson Grain (1928), demolished (1949), new elevator (1949), moved to Goodlands (1982) |
Deloraine B |
104 |
403 |
CPR |
? |
55,000 |
|
Annex constructed (1985) |
Deloraine C |
104 |
403 |
CPR |
? |
? |
|
Destroyed by fire (1975) |
Domain A |
71 |
103 |
CPR |
1928 |
62,200 |
|
New annex (1966) |
Domain B |
71 |
103 |
CPR |
? |
24,800 |
|
|
Dominion City |
230 |
203 |
CPR |
1960 |
50,000 |
1990 |
New annex (1961), new elevator (1966), traded to UGG (1990) |
Douglas |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
36,000 |
July 1984 |
New annex (1968) |
Dropmore A |
37 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
28,400 |
July 1971 |
New elevator (1928), bought from UGG (1928) |
Dropmore B |
37 |
|
CNR |
Bef 1901 |
27,900 |
July 1971 |
Bought from UGG (1948) |
Dufresne |
208 |
104 |
CNR |
1949 |
36,300 |
|
New elevator (c1949), new annex (1968), new elevator (January 1994) |
Dufrost A |
102 |
202 |
CPR |
1928 |
36,300 |
|
Bought from A. Prefontaine (?), new elevator (1950), new annex (1967) |
Dufrost B |
102 |
202 |
CPR |
? |
64,200 |
|
|
Dugald |
234 |
104 |
CNR |
1959 |
32,000 |
October 2000 |
Bought from Ogilvie Flour (1959), new annex (1960) |
Dunrea A |
77 |
301 |
CNR |
1928 |
69,700 |
|
New crib annex (1968) |
Dunrea B |
77 |
301 |
CNR |
1928 |
24,000 |
|
New steel annex (1967) |
Dunrea C |
77 |
301 |
CNR |
? |
38,000 |
|
Demolished (1951) |
Durban A |
6 |
702 |
CNR |
1925 |
75,000 |
June 1995 |
Bought from Union Grain Company, demolished (1966) and rebuilt, destroyed by lightning (15 June 1995) |
Durban B |
6 |
702 |
CNR |
1948 |
43,000 |
|
Overgaard annex (?), crib annex (?), elevator renovated (1971) |
Dutton |
3A |
|
CNR |
1925 |
47,700 |
November 1971 |
Bought from Paterson Grain (?), traded to UGG (1971) |
Ebor |
146 |
|
CPR |
1929 |
56,600 |
August 1961 |
|
Eden A |
110 |
? |
CNR |
1928 |
69,400 |
December 1977 |
Traded from UGG (1971) |
Eden B |
110 |
? |
CNR |
1927 |
26,800 |
December 1977 |
Demolished (1980) |
Eden C |
110 |
? |
CNR |
? |
27,000 |
|
Demolished (?) |
Edwin |
109 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
56,200 |
July 1978 |
Balloon annex (?) |
Elgin |
19 |
404 |
CNR |
1926 |
108,000 |
|
New balloon annex (1940), new crib annex (1952), elevator renovated (1967), new crib annex (1982), bought from Stow Seed Processors (1994) |
Elie |
64 |
802 |
CNR |
1928 |
92,600 |
|
New elevator constructed (November 1986), elevator traded from UGG (1990) |
Elkhorn A |
108 |
503 |
CPR |
1928 |
26,600 |
|
|
Elkhorn B |
108 |
503 |
CPR |
? |
29,000 |
|
Demolished (1965); new elevator and annex (1965) |
Elkhorn C |
108 |
503 |
CPR |
1964 |
26,000 |
|
Bought from UGG |
Elkhorn D |
108 |
503 |
CPR |
? |
? |
|
|
Elm Creek |
106 |
101 |
CPR |
1928 |
97,600 |
July 2001 |
Destroyed by fire (c1930), annex constructed (1974) |
Elphinstone A |
107 |
505 |
CNR |
1928 |
62,600 |
July 1988 |
Bought from Northern Elevator (circa 1927), new elevator built with old elevator as annex (1948) |
Elphinstone B |
107 |
505 |
CNR |
1928 |
? |
|
Bought from Northern Elevator (circa 1927) |
Elva A |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
26,000 |
July 1967 |
Sold for demolition (?), New elevator (1999) |
Elva B |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
21,000 |
|
|
Erickson A |
7 |
602 |
CNR |
1926 |
117,400 |
January 1995 |
Destroyed by fire (3 November 1933) and rebuilt, new crib annex (1966), elevator renovated (1970), demolished (?) |
Erickson B |
7 |
602 |
CNR |
1955 |
|
|
Crib annex (1955) |
Ethelbert A |
? |
704 |
CNR |
1917 |
61,000 |
2001 |
Elevator and annexes bought from ? (1954) |
Ethelbert B |
? |
704 |
CNR |
1967 |
52,000 |
|
New crib annex (1975) |
Ewart |
12 |
|
CPR |
1926 |
40,500 |
August 1961 |
Moved to Linklater (June 1966) |
Fairfax A |
82 |
404 |
CNR |
1928 |
81,400 |
June 1981 |
Renovated (1966) |
Fairfax B |
82 |
404 |
CNR |
? |
|
|
Traded from UGG (1971) |
Fallison |
74 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
44,000 |
1962 |
|
Fannystelle |
148 |
105 |
CPR |
1929 |
161,600 |
1990 |
New annex (1950), traded to UGG (1990), demolished (?) |
Fisher Branch |
? |
805 |
CNR |
1951 |
79,500 |
October 2000 |
Elevator purchased (1951), new elevator (September 1994) |
Fork River A |
210 |
705 |
CNR |
1950 |
76,700 |
2001 |
New Overgaard annex (?) |
Fork River B |
210 |
705 |
CNR |
? |
? |
1975 |
Purchased from Federal Grain (1972), closed (1975) |
Forrest A |
35 |
|
CPR |
1927 |
136,600 |
1980 |
New crib annex (1956) |
Forrest B |
35 |
|
CPR |
? |
26,000 |
|
Moved to Smart Siding (1963) |
Fortier A |
58 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
76,100 |
1965 |
Elevator and annex sold to provincial government (1965) |
Fortier B |
58 |
|
CNR |
? |
50,000 |
1965 |
Elevator and annex sold to provincial government (1965) |
Foxwarren A |
22 |
502 |
CPR |
1926 |
84,200 |
|
Destroyed by fire (July 1957) and rebuilt (?), new annex (1967) |
Foxwarren B |
22 |
502 |
CPR |
1944 |
47,900 |
|
|
Foxwarren C |
22 |
502 |
CPR |
1944 |
? |
|
|
Franklin A |
47 |
604 |
CPR |
1959 |
111,200 |
|
New elevator (1959), crib annex moved from Mentmore (1981) |
Franklin B |
47 |
604 |
CPR |
1927 |
60,000 |
|
|
Fredensthal West |
? |
203 |
CNR |
? |
112,300 |
|
New elevator (1951), elevator and annex moved to new site (1980) |
Gilbert Plains A |
10 |
704 |
CNR |
1926 |
104,300 |
2001 |
Destroyed by fire (1972) |
Gilbert Plains B |
10 |
704 |
CNR |
1941 |
52,300 |
|
New annex (1950) |
Gilbert Plains C |
10 |
704 |
CNR |
1953 |
139,300 |
|
Constructed (1953) |
Gilbert Plains D |
10 |
704 |
CNR |
? |
192,500 |
|
Constructed (1969) |
Giroux |
? |
|
CNR |
? |
- |
July 1944 |
Bought from Western Canada Flour Mills (1940), destroyed by fire (23-24 July 1944) |
Gladstone |
21/165 |
601 |
CNR/CPR |
1926 |
162,900 |
|
Leased from Echo Flour Mills (?), demolished and rebuilt (c1948), new annex (1960) |
Glenboro A |
17 |
303 |
CPR |
1926 |
127,800 |
|
New annex (1954), new elevator (September 1985) |
Glenboro B |
17 |
303 |
CPR |
1962 |
54,000 |
|
|
Glenella |
166 |
601 |
CNR |
? |
36,000 |
|
Demolished and rebuilt (c1947), new annex (1963) |
Glenora |
46 |
|
CNR |
1927 |
72,400 |
December 1978 |
New annex (1952) |
Glossop |
203 |
|
CPR |
1948 |
24,500 |
June 1976 |
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948), new steel tanks as annex (1965) |
Goodlands A |
85 |
403 |
CPR |
1928 |
85,900 |
|
Renovated (1971), elevator from Deloraine (1982) along with annex from Dalny (1982), steel tanks constructed (1985) |
Goodlands B |
85 |
403 |
CPR |
1904 |
82,000 |
|
Two balloon annexes (?) |
Gordon |
111 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
98,000 |
? |
New annex (1959), closed (1988-1989), demolished (?) |
Graham |
38 |
|
CPR |
1927 |
55,100 |
July 1971 |
|
Grandview A |
3 |
704 |
CNR |
1925 |
72,600 |
|
Bought from Paterson Grain (?), new elevator (1950), closed (2004), sold to Richardson Pioneer (2008), demolished (2009) |
Grandview B |
3 |
704 |
CNR |
1941 |
97,000 |
November 1959 |
Destroyed by fire (November 1959) |
Grandview C |
3 |
704 |
CNR |
1952 |
142,200 |
|
Constructed (1952), destroyed by fire (1971) |
Graysville A |
57 |
101 |
CNR |
1927 |
55,200 |
|
Balloon annex (1939), renovated (1970), new elevator constructed (1983), bought from Stow Seed Processors (1994), demolished (2015) |
Graysville B |
57 |
101 |
CNR |
? |
|
|
Traded from UGG (1971) |
Gregg |
? |
604 |
CNR |
1973 |
90,000 |
October 2000 |
Bought from Scottish Cooperative (1973) |
Gretna A |
212 |
204 |
CPR |
1950 |
63,200 |
July 1996 |
New elevator (1950), new annex (1967) |
Gretna B |
212 |
204 |
CPR |
? |
41,000 |
|
|
Griswold |
? |
|
CPR |
1889 |
35,000 |
|
Bought from Lake of the Woods (1959), sold to UGG (1960) |
Hamiota A |
31 |
|
CPR |
1927 |
103,500 |
December 1980 |
New crib annex (1954) |
Hamiota B |
31 |
|
CPR |
1929 |
33,400 |
December 1980 |
|
Harding A |
114 |
|
CPR |
1929 |
28,700 |
July 1971 |
New elevator (1929), closed (1971) and dismantled |
Harding B |
114 |
|
CPR |
1902 |
25,000 |
|
Bought from Western Canada Flour Mills (1940) |
Hargrave |
81 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
72,100 |
April 1979 |
Traded to UGG (1979) |
Harmsworth |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
28,000 |
1963 |
Bought from Ogilvie (?) |
Harrowby |
? |
205 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Harte |
? |
604 |
CNR |
? |
- |
|
Constructed (1973) |
Hartney A |
113 |
404 |
CNR |
1929 |
61,900 |
|
|
Hartney B |
113 |
404 |
CPR |
1969 |
30,000 |
|
|
Hathaway |
112 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
26,600 |
July 1970 |
Bought from Paterson Grain (?) |
Hazelridge A |
? |
803 |
CPR |
1960 |
65,000 |
circa 1988 |
|
Hazelridge B |
? |
803 |
CPR |
|
|
|
Bought from Scottish Cooperative (1973) |
Headingley A |
? |
105 |
CPR |
? |
51,800 |
? |
Moved to Sturgeon Creek Hutterite Colony |
Headingley B |
? |
105 |
CPR |
c1953 |
45,400 |
November 1996 |
Constructed (c1953), new annex (1968), demolished (1999) |
Helston |
160 |
|
CNR |
1946 |
102,600 |
December 1978 |
Bought from Western Canada Flour Mills (1940), new crib annex (1957) |
High Bluff A |
? |
|
CPR |
1948 |
102,700 |
1987 |
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948) |
High Bluff B |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
30,500 |
|
Demolished (1965) |
Holland A |
39 |
304 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
New annex (1958) |
Holland B |
39 |
304 |
CPR |
? |
|
|
|
Homewood A |
78 |
102 |
CNR |
1928 |
|
2002 |
Elevator and annex moved from Kronsgart (1978) |
Homewood B |
78 |
102 |
CNR |
? |
|
|
Traded from UGG (1974) |
Howden |
? |
|
CNR |
? |
57,000 |
July 1971 |
|
Inglis |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
65,800 |
December 1971 |
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948), traded to UGG (1971) |
Ipswich |
115 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
|
December 1974 |
Bought from Paterson Grain (May 1963) |
Isabella A |
168 |
|
CNR |
1910 |
126,400 |
December 1978 |
|
Isabella B |
168 |
|
CNR |
1955 |
|
December 1978 |
|
Jordan |
117 |
201 |
CNR |
1952 |
|
July 1996 |
New annex (1960), renovated (1968) |
Justice |
116 |
603 |
CNR |
1928 |
|
|
Annex constructed (1977) |
Kaleida A |
20 |
|
CPR |
1926 |
|
July 1963 |
Elevator moved to Manitou (1966), demolished (1988) |
Kaleida B |
20 |
|
CPR |
1905 |
|
July 1963 |
Bought from Ogilvie (1959), sold to private ownership (1960s), used as seed-cleaning plant |
Katrime |
? |
605 |
CNR |
c1953 |
|
|
New elevator (c1953), new annex (1968), elevator renovated (1986) |
Kelloe |
232 |
|
CPR |
1960 |
|
1974 |
|
Kelwood |
? |
|
CNR |
1940 |
68,300 |
December 1971 |
New annex (1969), traded to UGG (1971) |
Kemnay |
120 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
|
circa 1967 |
Bought from Red River Grain Company (?) |
Kenton A |
45 |
|
CPR |
1927 |
133,700 |
1979 |
|
Kenton C |
45 |
|
CPR |
1968 |
|
|
Crib annex from old elevator, moved to Quadra (1987) |
Kenville A |
27 |
702 |
CNR |
1926 |
|
|
Two crib annexes (?), elevator renovated (1971) |
Kenville B |
27 |
702 |
CNR |
1925 |
|
|
Bought from UGG (August 1949), demolished (1983) |
Killarney A |
119 |
301 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
|
Killarney B |
119 |
301 |
CPR |
July 1960 |
160,000 |
|
New elevator (1960), annex moved from Lena (1967) |
Kirkella |
108 |
503 |
CPR |
? |
|
|
New annex (1969) |
Kronsgart |
? |
|
CPR |
1952 |
146,800 |
December 1976 |
Purchased (1947), destroyed by fire (15 December 1949) and rebuilt with annex (1952), new annex (1955), elevator and annex moved to Homewood (1978) |
Landseer |
121 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
|
July 1971 |
|
Langruth A |
189 |
|
CNR |
1947 |
122,300 |
August 1984 |
New elevator (1947), new balloon annex (1950), new balloon annex (1953), moved to Westroc (late 1983) |
Langruth B |
189 |
|
CNR |
1936 |
|
? |
Purchased from Federal Grain (1972), new balloon annex (1950) |
Largs |
184 |
|
CPR |
1943 |
|
circa 1962 |
Bought from Federal Grain (July 1943) |
La Riviere A |
67 |
305 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
New annex (1980), new elevator (October 1994) |
La Riviere B |
67 |
305 |
CPR |
|
|
|
|
Lauder |
125 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
|
July 1981 |
Destroyed by fire |
Laurier |
? |
|
CNR |
? |
|
December 1976 |
|
Lavinia |
? |
|
CNR |
1940 |
93,300 |
December 1974 |
Traded from UGG (August 1962) |
Leighton |
124 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
|
July 1971 |
Bought from UGG (?) |
Lena |
86 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
|
August 1961 |
Annex moved to Killarney (1967) |
Lenore |
40 |
|
CPR |
1927 |
82,200 |
1979 |
New annex (1951) |
Letellier A |
123 |
203 |
CNR |
1928 |
150,000 |
|
Demolished and rebuilt (c1948), elevator and annex destroyed by fire (September 1960) and rebuilt (?) |
Letellier B |
123 |
203 |
CNR |
? |
|
|
Bought from Paterson Grain (?) |
Libau |
? |
803 |
CNR |
1972 |
|
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), closed (2001) |
Linklater |
122 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
|
December 1977 |
Bought from UGG (July 1928), new balloon annex (1960), elevator moved from Ewart and used as main elevator while former elevator renovated into annex (1966); sold to Pioneer Grain and moved to Antler, Saskatchewan (March 1979) |
Longburn A |
? |
|
CNR |
? |
48,000 |
circa 1984 |
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948), demolished (1966) and rebuilt; moved to Bloom Siding (?) |
Longburn B |
? |
|
CNR |
? |
|
|
New elevator (1955), moved to Macdonald (1965) |
Longburn C |
? |
|
CNR |
? |
|
|
|
Lowe Farm A |
? |
202 |
CNR |
1937 |
40,000 |
|
Renovated (1973) |
Lowe Farm B |
? |
202 |
CNR |
1941 |
|
|
Destroyed by fire (August 1953) |
Lyleton |
84 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
128,200 |
June 1977 |
New annex (1953), new crib annex (1968) |
Macdonald |
196 |
605 |
CPR |
1948 |
|
circa 1988 |
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948), became annex when elevator moved from Longburn (1965) |
MacGregor |
? |
605 |
CPR |
? |
|
July 2001 |
Demolished and rebuilt (c1948), destroyed by fire (1967) and rebuilt (?) |
Makaroff |
54 |
|
CNR |
1927 |
|
circa 1980 |
Bought from N. Bawlf Grain (1927) |
Makinak |
? |
705 |
CNR |
? |
|
2001 |
New elevator built and old elevator converted to annex (1957), new annex (1968), annex demolished (1987), three steel tanks constructed and elevator renovated (1987) |
Manitou A |
14 |
305 |
CPR |
1961 |
|
|
New annex (1977) |
Manitou B |
14 |
305 |
CPR |
1926 |
|
|
Elevator moved from Kaleida (1966), demolished (1988) |
Manson |
130 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
|
1962 |
Moved to Virden (1964) |
Maples |
129 |
|
CNR |
1929 |
|
circa 1961 |
Moved to Virden (1964) |
Margaret A |
126 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
|
circa 1981 |
New balloon annex (1940) |
Margaret B |
126 |
|
CNR |
1926 |
|
|
Traded from UGG (1971) |
Mather |
15 |
302 |
CPR |
1926 |
|
December 1996 |
New annex (1969), traded from UGG (1971) |
McAuley |
96 |
503 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
August 1995 |
Damaged by strong winds (August 1995) and later demolished |
McConnell A |
91 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
102,200 |
December 1978 |
New balloon annex (1940), elevator renovated (1968) |
McConnell B |
91 |
|
CNR |
|
|
|
|
McCreary |
? |
|
CNR |
1972 |
|
April 1976 |
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), traded to UGG |
McTavish |
? |
103 |
CPR |
1937 |
40,000 |
|
Demolished (1966) and rebuilt, new annexes (1953, 1966), annex moved from Osborne (1988) |
Medora |
83 |
403 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
New annex (1967) |
Meharry |
3B |
|
CNR |
1925 |
|
July 1971 |
Bought from Paterson Grain |
Melita A |
233 |
402 |
CPR |
1960 |
|
|
New annex (1971) |
Melita B |
233 |
402 |
CPR |
1960 |
|
|
New annex (1963) |
Menteith |
42 |
405 |
CPR |
1927 |
|
1988 |
New annex (1954) |
Mentmore |
33 |
|
CNR |
1927 |
88,700 |
December 1978 |
New annex (1958), annex moved to Franklin (1981) |
Methven |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
|
|
Traded for elevator at Hilton (?) |
Miami A |
161 |
201 |
CNR |
1946 |
|
|
Constructed (summer 1946), opened (22 August 1946), renovated (1973), annex moved to site (1974), elevator renovated (1988) |
Miami B |
161 |
201 |
CNR |
|
|
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1972) |
Mile 10.6 (Winnipeg) |
? |
105 |
CNR |
1972 |
|
? |
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), major renovations (April 1988), demolished (2003) |
Mile 142.4 (Deacon South) |
? |
104 |
CNR |
1972 |
|
November 1996 |
Bought from Federal Grain (1972) |
Millwood |
90 |
|
CPR |
1929 |
|
July 1971 |
Bought from Northern Elevator Company (1928), destroyed by fire (March 1956) and rebuilt (1957) |
Miniota |
228 |
|
CPR |
1952 |
51,000 |
April 1979 |
Bought from Ogilvie (1959) |
Minitonas A |
25 |
701 |
CNR |
1948 |
|
|
New crib annex (1953) |
Minitonas B |
25 |
701 |
CNR |
1914 |
|
|
New balloon annex (1940) |
Minitonas C |
25 |
701 |
CNR |
1950 |
|
|
Bought from UGG (?) |
Minitonas D |
25 |
701 |
CNR |
1951 |
|
|
Crib annex (?), balloon annex (?) |
Minnedosa A |
131 |
602 |
CPR |
1929 |
|
|
Bought from ? (1955), new crib annex (1969) |
Minnedosa B |
131 |
602 |
CPR |
1944 |
|
|
|
Minnedosa C |
131 |
602 |
CPR |
? |
|
|
|
Minto A |
68 |
404 |
CNR |
1928 |
|
1988 |
Crib annex (?), renovated (1972), traded to Paterson Grain (1988) |
Minto B |
68 |
404 |
CNR |
1928 |
|
|
Traded from UGG (1971), demolished (?) |
Moline |
127 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
54,200 |
December 1978 |
Traded from UGG (circa 1948), closed (1978), demolished (1990s) |
Mollard |
23 |
|
CNR |
? |
|
August 1970 |
Used only for storage (1965-1970) |
Moore Park A |
133 |
|
CPR |
1929 |
79,300 |
July 1978 |
New balloon annex (1951), demolished (mid-1990s) |
Moore Park B |
133 |
|
CPR |
1905 |
|
|
New balloon annex (1940), purchased from Ogilvie (1959), demolished (1981) |
Morden |
194 |
201 |
CPR |
1948 |
|
|
New elevator (1948), annex constructed (1977) |
Morris |
50 |
202 |
CNR |
1927 |
|
June 1995 |
Destroyed by fire (August 1938) and rebuilt, traded to Cargill (?) |
Napinka |
76 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
|
July 1984 |
|
Neelin A |
? |
|
CNR |
1956 |
52,900 |
December 1978 |
Crib annex made from old elevator (1956) |
Neelin B |
? |
|
CNR |
1928 |
|
|
New crib annex (1959), traded from UGG (1973) |
Neepawa |
226 |
604 |
CNR |
1960 |
|
|
Constructed (1975) |
Nesbitt |
140 |
303 |
CPR |
1929 |
|
|
Elevator moved from Rounthwaite (1980) and new crib annex constructed (1983) |
Netley |
? |
804 |
CPR |
1948 |
35,600 |
October 2000 |
New elevator (1948), renovated (1986) |
Newdale A |
202 |
505 |
CPR |
c1933 |
|
1980 |
Bought from Reliance Grain (1947), demolished (1980-1981) |
Newdale B |
202 |
505 |
CPR |
1951 |
|
June 2001 |
New annex (1980), demolished (2004) |
Newdale C |
202 |
505 |
CPR |
1980 |
|
June 2001 |
Bought from Cargill (1995) |
Ninette |
132 |
301 |
CNR |
1928 |
|
1989 |
New steel tanks as annex (1965), elevator collapsed (1967) and replaced by elevator from Hilton acquired in trade for Methven elevator (?), elevator bought from Paterson Grain (?) |
Ninga |
36 |
301 |
CPR |
1927 |
|
|
New annex (1954), traded from UGG (1979), destroyed by fire (1980) and rebuilt (June 1981) |
Niverville |
235 |
104 |
CPR |
1960 |
|
|
New annex (1960), new elevator (1966), new annex (1973), destroyed by fire (1981) and rebuilt (December 1981) |
Notre Dame de Lourdes A |
150 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
97,200 |
December 1978 |
Elevator and two balloon annexes purchased from Federal Grain (1972) |
Notre Dame de Lourdes B |
150 |
|
CNR |
? |
|
|
Elevator destroyed by fire (June 1974) |
Oakbank |
? |
|
CPR |
1910 |
|
December 1977 |
Bought from Western Canada Flour Mills (1940); destroyed by fire (c1945), new elevator (1947) |
Oakburn |
? |
501 |
CNR |
1940 |
|
April 1996 |
New elevator (1965), new crib annex (1967) |
Oak Lake |
134 |
405 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
1988 |
|
Oakland A |
60 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
135,100 |
circa 1985 |
New crib annex (1957), destroyed by fire (24 September 1988) |
Oakland B |
60 |
|
CNR |
|
|
|
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948) |
Oakner |
175 |
504 |
CNR |
1973 |
|
2006-2012 |
Bought from Scottish Cooperative (1973), constructed (1979), annex constructed (1985) |
Oak River |
? |
|
CPR |
1959 |
55,000 |
1974 |
Traded to UGG (1974) |
Oakville A |
149 |
801 |
CNR |
1928 |
|
November 2001 |
Destroyed by fire (1973) and rebuilt |
Oakville B |
149 |
801 |
CNR |
1963 |
|
|
|
Oberon |
229 |
|
CPR |
1959 |
66,000 |
July 1974 |
Bought from Ogilvie (1959) |
Osborne |
176 |
|
CPR |
? |
|
|
Demolished and rebuilt (c1948), annex moved to McTavish (1988) |
Pendennis |
177 |
|
CPR |
? |
|
1964 |
Destroyed by fire (March 1964) |
Petrel |
? |
|
CNR |
1990 |
|
|
Traded from UGG (1990) |
Pierson A |
72 |
402 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
New annexes (1967, 1976) |
Pierson B |
72 |
402 |
CPR |
1955 |
|
|
Bought from ? (1955) |
Pierson C |
72 |
402 |
CPR |
1963 |
|
|
|
Pilot Mound A |
136 |
305 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
November 2000 |
Bought from Louise Grain Company (?), new elevator built and old one converted to annex (1957), new annex (1963) |
Pilot Mound B |
136 |
305 |
CPR |
1962 |
|
|
New annex (1974) |
Pipestone |
118 |
|
CPR |
1929 |
|
April 1979 |
New balloon annex (1963), renovated (1970), traded to UGG (1979) |
Plum Coulee |
222 |
204 |
CPR |
1960 |
|
1971 |
Moved from Altona (1965) with existing elevator becoming annex, traded to UGG (1972), elevator bought from Federal Grain (1972), constructed (1975), elevator renovated (1988) |
Poplar Point |
199 |
801 |
CPR |
? |
|
1991 |
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948), new elevator (1951), new annex (1969) |
Portage la Prairie A |
62 |
|
CPR |
1927 |
|
circa 1984 |
Destroyed by fire (1948) and rebuilt (1949), new annex (1958) |
Portage la Prairie B |
62 |
|
? |
? |
50,000 |
|
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948), destroyed by fire (15 July 1960) and rebuilt (1961) |
Portage la Prairie C |
62 |
|
? |
? |
|
August 1976 |
Destroyed by fire (23 August 1976) |
Purves |
65 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
96,600 |
December 1980 |
New annexes (1940, 1951) |
Quadra A |
? |
504 |
CNR |
October 1980 |
|
|
|
Quadra B |
? |
504 |
CNR |
1987 |
|
|
Moved from Kenton (1987), demolished (December 2003) |
Rackham |
? |
|
CNR |
? |
|
December 1966 |
Destroyed by fire (1966) |
Rapid City |
26 |
|
CPR |
1932 |
78,600 |
December 1980 |
New Overgaard annex (1952), elevator renovated (1970) |
Rathwell |
88 |
304 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
1990 |
New annex (1968), traded to UGG (1990) |
Red River South |
? |
|
? |
December 1998 |
|
|
New elevator (December 1998), sold to Pioneer Grain (?) |
Regent |
52 |
|
CPR |
1927 |
88,200 |
December 1974 |
|
Reston |
137 |
401 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
New balloon annex (1952), new composite elevator onstructed (1976) |
Rhodes |
138 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
|
circa 1966 |
Old elevator sold for demolition (1967), bought from UGG (?) |
Riverton |
? |
805 |
CPR |
1949 |
36,300 |
|
New elevator (1949), nearby elevator bought from Federal Grain converted to annex (1971), demolished (?) |
Roblin A |
1 |
703 |
CNR |
1951 |
|
|
New elevator (1951), new annex (1967) |
Roblin B |
1 |
703 |
CNR |
1943 |
|
|
Bought from Alberta Pacific Grain (July 1943) |
Roblin C |
1 |
703 |
CNR |
? |
|
|
|
Rosenfeld A |
221 |
204 |
CPR |
1948 |
|
circa 1996 |
New annex (1968) |
Rosenfeld B |
221 |
204 |
CPR |
1919 |
|
circa 1996 |
New annex (1969) |
Rossburn |
139 |
501 |
CNR |
1928 |
|
1996 |
Bought from Northern Elevator Company, new annex (1950), destroyed by fire (6 December 1952) and rebuilt (1953), destroyed by fire (March 1963) and rebuilt along with three steel tanks to replace annex (1963) |
Rosser |
? |
802 |
CPR |
1960 |
|
July 1971 |
New elevator constructed (June 1987) |
Rosser |
? |
802 |
CPR |
1987 |
|
2022 |
Closed (2022) |
Rounthwaite A |
141 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
84,000 |
January 1983 |
Annex (1951) |
Rounthwaite B |
141 |
|
CNR |
1974 |
|
|
Bought from Federal (1972), destroyed by fire (1972), new elevator (1974), moved to Nesbitt (1983) |
Russell |
178 |
501 |
CPR |
? |
|
1997 |
Constructed (c1953), new annex (1967), destroyed by fire (5 March 1974) and new composite elevator built (January 1975) |
Ste. Agathe |
183 |
103 |
CNR |
1946 |
|
|
Existing elevator purchased (1946), destroyed by fire (September 1962) and rebuilt (1962), annex moved from Silver Plains (1984) |
St. Claude |
? |
? |
CPR |
|
|
|
Bought from Ogilvie (1959), traded to United Grain Growers (1960) |
St. Jean Baptiste |
213 |
203 |
CNR |
1950 |
50,000 |
|
New elevator (1951), new annexes (1952, 1965) |
St. Ouens |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
|
1974 |
|
Sandy Lake A |
? |
505 |
CNR |
1919 |
|
April 1996 |
Bought from Federal (July 1943), new elevator (?) |
Sandy Lake B |
? |
505 |
CNR |
1953 |
|
? |
New crib annex (1967), demolished (?) |
Sanford |
142 |
102 |
CNR |
1928 |
|
April 1996 |
Destroyed by fire (22 September 1948) and rebuilt, new crib annex (1949), demolished (2019) |
Searle / Pacific Junction (Winnipeg) |
? |
|
CNR |
1972 |
|
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), later demolished |
Selkirk |
? |
804 |
CPR |
1948 |
|
October 2000 |
New elevator (1948), annex constructed (1975) |
Sevick |
? |
|
CNR |
1943 |
|
November 1961 |
Bought from Federal (July 1943), destroyed by fire (c1962) |
Shoal Lake |
? |
505 |
CPR |
? |
|
|
Constructed (1973), destroyed by fire (1980) and rebuilt |
Sidney |
200 |
|
CPR |
1948 |
|
September 1975 |
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948), traded to Cargill (1975) |
Silver Plains |
143 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
|
1984 |
New annex (1958), annex moved to Ste. Agathe (1984) |
Silverton A |
? |
501 |
CNR |
1919 |
|
|
Bought from Federal (July 1943), new annex (1954), elevator renovated (1971), demolished (?) |
Silverton B |
? |
501 |
CNR |
1940 |
|
1991 |
Traded from UGG (1974) |
Sinclair |
63 |
401 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
New crib annex (1965) |
Smart Siding |
35 |
603 |
CNR |
1963 |
|
|
Moved from Forrest (1963) |
Smith Spur |
144 |
|
CNR |
1943 |
|
1984 |
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948), new crib annex (1967), annex moved to Morris (1989) |
Snowflake A |
147 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
125,300 |
December 1980 |
New balloon annex (1951), renovated (1967) |
Snowflake B |
147 |
|
CPR |
|
|
|
Purchased from Federal Grain (1972) |
Solsgirth A |
145 |
502 |
CPR |
|
|
|
Traded from Cargill (June 1995) |
Solsgirth B |
145 |
502 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
New annex (1950, 1973) |
Somerset A |
9 |
304 |
CNR |
1926 |
|
|
New annex (1950), demolished (?), new elevator (August 1992), sold to Delmar Commodities (?) |
Somerset B |
9 |
304 |
CNR |
? |
|
|
Traded from UGG (1990), demolished (?) |
Souris |
144 |
405 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
Destroyed by fire (22 September 1976) and rebuilt |
Sperling A |
23 |
102 |
CNR |
1926 |
|
|
Destroyed by fire (c1930) and rebuilt (1930), new crib annex (1954), renovated (1966) |
Sperling B |
23 |
102 |
CNR |
1949 |
|
|
Bought from ? (1949) |
Springhill |
179 |
|
CNR |
? |
|
December 1976 |
Destroyed by fire (October 1957) and rebuilt (1958) |
Starbuck A |
30 |
105 |
CPR |
1927 |
|
1966 |
New elevator built and old one converted to annex (1959), demolished (1966) |
Starbuck B |
30 |
105 |
CPR |
1941 |
|
1992 |
Replaced by concrete elevator (April 1993) |
Stead |
? |
|
CNR |
? |
|
1974 |
Bought from Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (1973) |
Stonewall |
? |
804 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
Leased from Ogilvie Flour Mills, new elevator (1968) |
Strathclair A |
204 |
505 |
CPR |
1948 |
|
|
Bought from Reliance Grain (1948), new elevator built and old one converted to annex (1957) |
Strathclair B |
204 |
505 |
CPR |
? |
|
|
Traded from UGG (1973) |
Strathclair C |
204 |
505 |
CPR |
? |
|
|
Traded from UGG (1973) |
Swan Lake A |
87 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
|
1971 |
Traded to UGG (1974), destroyed by fire (1988) |
Swan Lake B |
87 |
|
CNR |
1954 |
|
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1960), sold to UGG (1971) |
Swan River A |
16 |
701 |
CNR |
1928 |
|
|
New crib annex (1947), new elevator (August 1981), sold to Cargill (2007), demolished (2015) |
Swan River B |
16 |
701 |
CNR |
1951 |
|
|
Destroyed by fire (29 October 1976) |
Swan River C |
16 |
701 |
CNR |
1953 |
|
|
Destroyed by fire (29 October 1976) |
Swan River D |
16 |
701 |
CNR |
1961 |
|
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), two crib annexes (?), demolished (2000s) |
Teulon A |
? |
804 |
CPR |
1940 |
|
|
Bought from Western Canada Flour Mills (1940), new annex (1949) |
Teulon B |
? |
804 |
CPR |
1952 |
|
October 2000 |
New crib annex (1969), renovated (1979), demolished (2003) |
The Pas |
? |
703 |
CNR |
1972 |
|
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1972), new annex (1980), new elevator (October 1994) |
Thornhill A |
8 |
? |
CPR |
? |
|
July 1978 |
Demolished (?) |
Thornhill B |
8 |
? |
CPR |
? |
|
July 1978 |
Bought from Ogilvie (1959), demolished (?) |
Thornhill C |
8 |
? |
CPR |
? |
|
|
Bought from Ogilvie (1959), elevator and annex destroyed by fire (c1962) |
Tilston A |
61 |
|
CPR |
1928 |
163,700 |
July 1977 |
New annex (1952), elevator renovated (1967), old elevator sold for demolition (1967) |
Tilston B |
61 |
|
CPR |
|
|
|
Bought from Ogilvie (1959) |
Treesbank |
? |
|
CPR |
? |
|
July 1971 |
Moved to Spring Valley Hutterite Colony (1971) |
Treherne |
75 |
304 |
CPR |
1928 |
|
|
Major renovations (1954), new annex (1976), traded from UGG (1990) |
Tucker Siding |
? |
801 |
CPR |
1985 |
|
|
Constructed (June 1986) |
Tyndall |
? |
|
CPR |
1960 |
|
July 1971 |
New annex (1960); sold to Tyndall Grain Corporation (1971) |
Virden |
129 |
503 |
CPR |
1977 |
|
|
New annex (1965), new elevator (July 1978) |
Vista |
182 |
|
CNR |
? |
|
July 1968 |
Bought from Western Canada Flour Mills (1940), new steel tanks as annex (c1964), sold to UGG (1968) |
Warren |
? |
802 |
CNR |
1948 |
|
October 2000 |
Constructed (1948) |
Waskada A |
4 |
403 |
CPR |
1925 |
154,300 |
|
Elevator and two annexes destroyed by fire (16 June 1961) and rebuilt (September 1961), new balloon annex (1965), new annex (1982) |
Waskada B |
4 |
403 |
CPR |
1902 |
|
|
New annex (1965) |
Wawanesa |
53 |
|
CNR |
1927 |
118,500 |
circa 1982 |
New annex (1954), demolished (1985) |
Westroc |
? |
601 |
CPR |
July 1984 |
|
|
Constructed (July 1984) along with Langruth moved here |
Willen |
? |
|
CPR |
|
|
circa 1960 |
|
Winkler A |
? |
201 |
CPR |
1965 |
50,000 |
|
New elevator (1965), annex constructed (1975) |
Winkler B |
? |
201 |
CPR |
|
|
|
Bought from Ogilvie Flour (1959) |
Winkler C |
? |
201 |
CPR |
|
|
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1972) |
Winnipeg |
? |
|
CPR |
1972 |
|
|
Bought from Federal Grain (1972) |
Seed Plant |
None |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Wood Bay |
48 |
|
CPR |
1927 |
|
July 1971 |
|
Woodnorth A |
135 |
|
CNR |
1928 |
|
September 1981 |
New elevator built and old one converted to annex (1959), moved to Cromer (1982) |
Woodnorth B |
135 |
|
CNR |
? |
|
|
Bought from UGG (1928) |
Timeline
Year |
Event |
1924 |
Manitoba Wheat Pool (MWP) established |
1925 |
Manitoba Pool Elevators Limited (MPE) incorporated as MWP subsidiary by special legislation on 9 April
Funds for the construction or purchase of grain elevators provided to MPE by MWP out of its reserves |
1928 |
Manitoba government assumes portion of company debit was exceeded total value of MWP and MPE |
1931 |
Williams Commission appointed 19 March to investigate four charges laid against MPE in letter to Premier John Bracken by James Richard Murray, finding two charges proved, third substantially proved, but fourth not proved
Colin Hamlin Burnell resigned as MPE President, replaced by Paul Frederick Bredt with Daniel Augustus Kane as manager
MPE becomes major company, no longer subsidiary of MWP |
1932 |
MWP declared bankrupt |
1935 |
Canadian Wheat Board Act passed |
1937 |
MPE Crop Improvements Clubs inaugurated |
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See Also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lombard Building / Wheat Pool Building (373 Main Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: S. J. McKee Archives / Brandon University Archives (270 Eighteenth Street, Brandon)
Manitoba Business: Grain Growers’ Grain Company / United Grain Growers / Agricore United / Viterra
Events in Manitoba History: Williams Commission on Manitoba Pool Elevators (1931)
Cool Things in the Collection: The Manitoba Pool Elevators Pamphlet Collection by Marianne E. Reid
Manitoba History, Number 69, Summer 2012
Sources:
“180-ton elevator moved, [Ewart to Linklater]” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 July 1966, page 6.
“Pools bid for Federal,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 February 1972, page 61.
Service at Cost: A History of Manitoba Pool Elevators, 1925-1975 by Frederick William Hamilton, Saskatoon: Modern Press, 1975.
Obituary [Donald Wallace Richmond], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 May 1982, page 63.
Obituary [Lloyd Henwood], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 February 1996, page 49.
“Selkirk elevator shuts down,” Selkirk Journal, 6 November 2000, page 9.
“Agricore elevators in Baldur and Pilot Mound close November 30th,” Baldur Gazette News, 7 November 2000, page 1.
“Merger creates grain giant,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 November 2001, page 22 (B7).
Obituary [Donald W. Wilton], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 September 2006.
Obituary [Kenneth Conrad Norell], Winnipeg Free Press, 8 September 2009.
Ogilvie Flour Mills fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Ogilvie - Lake of the Woods Purchase, File 7, RG 4, Manitoba Pool Elevators fonds, Series B, Central Office Records, B.14, Acquisitions, Box 1: 1937-1977, S. J. McKee Archives.
We thank Mike Lisowski for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 August 2023
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