Manitoba Business: A. Forsythe and Company / Forsythe Elevator Company

This grain-handling business was established at High Bluff around 1909 by businessman Andy Forsythe. Known initially as A. Forsythe and Company, it was later renamed the Forsythe Elevator Company. Gradually its elevators were sold to other grain companies until none were left by 1946.

Country Elevators

Location	Rail	Opened	Closed	Capacity (bushels)	Comments
Basswood	CPR	1929	1933	30,000	Bought from Dominion Elevator (1929), sold to Province Elevator (1933)
Curtis	CNR	1938	1946	30,000	Sold to Reliance Grain (1945)
Edwin	CNR	1923	1931	35,000	Unlicensed (1932)
Glossop	CPR	1923	1932	30,000	Sold to Province Elevator (1933)
High Bluff 1	CPR	1911	1945	33,000	Sold to Reliance Grain (1945)
High Bluff 2	CPR	1911	1945	25,000	Sold to Alliance Grain (1945)
High Bluff 3	CPR	1911	?	30,000	Unlicensed (c1931)
Longburn	CNR	1932	1935	30,000	Sold to Reliance Grain (1935)
Macdonald	CPR	1918	1935	45,000	Sold to Reliance Grain (1935)
Newdale 1	CPR	1923	1932	30,000	Unlicensed (1928)
Newdale 2	CPR			35,000	Bought from Northern Elevator (1926)
Oakland 1	CNR	1912	1946	30,000	Sold to Reliance Grain (1945)
Oakland 2	CNR	1925	1931	15,000	Bought from Paterson (1925)
Poplar Point 1	CPR	1925	1935	30,000	New elevator (1925), sold to Reliance Grain (1935)
Poplar Point 2	CPR	1931	1935	22,000	Bought from Ogilvie Flour (1925), sold to Reliance Grain (1935)
Portage la Prairie	CPR	1918	1945	199,000	Sold to Alliance Grain (1945)
Strathclair	CPR	1929	1932	30,000	Sold to Province Elevator (1933)

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Andrew “Andy” Forsythe (1874-1956)

Sources:

We thank John Everitt for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 31 March 2024