Manitoba Business: National Grain Limited

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This American-based company came about from the 1940 merger of the British America Elevator Company, Northern Elevator Company, National Elevator Company, and Grand Trunk Pacific Elevator Company. In 1967, it purchased the feed and seed assets of the McCabe Grain Company and, four years later, the remaining McCabe assets were merged to form National Grain Limited. On 1 January 1975, its grain elevators were purchased by the Cargill Grain Company.

Chairmen

Period	Chairman
1961-1971	Robert Russell “Russ” Emerson (1894-1987)
1971-1974	Charles Kroft (1906-1984)

Presidents

Period	President
1940-1959	George W. P. Heffelfinger (?-1970)
1959-1961	Robert Russell “Russ” Emerson (1894-1987)
1961-1962	Reginald Edward Bean (1899-1962)
1962-1974	George W. P. Heffelfinger (1926-2018)

Vice-Presidents

Period	Vice-President
1940-1959	Robert Russell “Russ” Emerson (1894-1987)

Country Elevators

Location	Rail	Built	1972 Capacity (bushels)	Comments
Angusville A	CNR	1908	126,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annex (1954)
Angusville B	CNR	1934		New annexes (1918, 1951)
Ashville	CNR	c1912	80,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annex (1955), demolished (?)
Benito	CNR	c1912		Acquired from British America Elevator (1940)
Birtle	CPR	?	?	Sold to Manitoba Pool (June 1944)
Brandon	CPR	?	148,000
Chumah	CPR	1924	48,000	Acquired from Northern Elevator (1940)
Dauphin	CNR	?	121,000	Sold to Cargill Grain (1975)
Durban	CNR	1906	99,500	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940)
Ethelbert	CNR	1913	86,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940)
Firdale	CNR	1911	62,000	New annex (1961)
Floors	CPR	1924	40,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annex (1940), sold to Cargill Grain (1977)
Fork River	CNR	c1913	102,000	Acquired from Northern Elevator (1940)
Garland	CNR	?	36,000
Ingelow	CNR	1921	52,000	New annex (1957), demolished (c1979)
Inglis	CNR	1922	78,800	New annexes (1949, 1955), sold to Cargill Grain (1975)
Menzie	CNR	c1912	45,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940)
Ochre River	CNR	c1920	52,000	Sold to Cargill Grain (1975)
Pettapiece	CPR	1902	36,000	Transferred from Northern Elevator (1940), new annex (1940)
Pine River	CNR	?	75,000
Pitlochry	CPR	1924	50,000	New annex (1954), closed (1974), demolished (1977)
Pope	CNR	1905	53,000	Acquired from Northern Elevator (1940), new annex (1957)
Rapid City	CPR	1952	48,000	New annex (1952), demolished (c1980)
Rivers	CNR	1951	88,000	New annex (1956), sold to Cargill Grain (1975)
Roblin A	CNR	1907	66,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annexes (1917, 1952)
Roblin B	CNR	1935	148,000	New annexes (1951, 1968)
Rossburn	CNR	1912	75,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annexes (1902, 1917, 1918)
St. Boniface A	CPR	?	85,000
St. Boniface B	CPR	?	157,000
Sandy Lake	CNR	1912	82,000	New annexes (1940, 1953)
Shellmouth	CNR	1909	57,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940), new annexes (1918, 1955)
Shevlin	CNR	1923	52,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940)
Sifton	CNR	c1912	25,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940)
Silverton	CNR	1940	35,000	Traded to UGG (1946)
Smart Siding	CNR	?	?	Destroyed by fire (19 July 1962)
Solsgirth	CPR	1924	91,000	New annex (1924), new elevator (1961), sold to Cargill Grain (1975)
Swan River	CNR	c1912	123,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940)
Valley River	CNR	1923	54,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940)
Vista	CNR	?	?
Winnipegosis	CNR	1950	85,000	New crib annex (c1956), sold to Cargill Grain (1975)
Woodnorth	CNR	c1912	37,000	Acquired from British America Elevator (1940)

See also:

Manitoba Business: Cargill Grain

Sources:

Quest in Roots: History of Brookdale School District by Brookdale Historical Society History Book Committee, 1987, page 103. [Legislative Library of Manitoba, F5648.B81 Que]

Grain: The Entrepreneurs by Charles W. Anderson, Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer, 1991.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 November 2023