The grain-handling and sales company was registered with the Winnipeg Grain Exchange in December 1916, with Colin William McMillan as President, his brother Malcolm McMillan as Secretary-Treasurer, and lawyer John P. McArthur as Treasurer. The McMillan brothers also operated a large farm near Westbourne and built portions of the Canadian Northern Railway and Hudson Bay Railway. Reorganized in 1920, the company operated until being liquidated in May 1925.
Location
Rail
Opened
Closed
Capacity
(bushels)Comments
Alexander
1890
?
30,000
Brandon
1890
?
40,000
Dufrost
1924
?
35,000
Gretna
1891
?
2,000
Killarney
1890
?
2,000
Langruth
1918
?
35,000
Morden
1890
?
25,000
1918
1924
35,000
Ste. Agathe
1924
?
17,000
St. Boniface
1921
?
65,000
Swan River
1921
?
30,000
Winnipeg
1889
?
65,000
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Colin William McMillan (1873-1957)
Memorable Manitobans: Malcolm McMillan (1862-1920)
“McMillan Grain Co. goes into liquidation,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 May 1925, page 19.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 November 2020
