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This Winnipeg-based company was established in September 1893 through the merger of five smaller companies, including Martin & Mitchell. Its initial major shareholders included Nicholas Bawlf, Rodmond Palen Roblin, Arthur Atkinson, Samuel Peck Clark, George Reading Crowe, and James Alexander Mitchell.
By the turn of the 20th century, Northern Elevator operated 92 country elevators, handling about 2.4 million bushels of the annual grain production on the prairies. In August 1909, it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Peavey Elevator Company based at Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company acquired the assets of the Security Elevator Company in 1929 and, in June 1940, it merged with the British America Elevator Company and National Elevator Company, both of which were owned by Peavey, to form a single administrative entity known as the National Grain Company.
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Country Elevators
Location |
No. |
Rail |
Opened |
Closed |
Capacity
(bushels) |
Comments |
Alexander |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
1912 |
30,000 |
|
Altona |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Arden |
? |
M&NW |
1895 |
c1901 |
15,000 |
|
Ashdown |
? |
NP |
1896 |
c1901 |
20,000 |
|
Baldur |
? |
CNR |
1897 |
c1913 |
20,000 |
|
Balmoral |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
1918 |
22,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Basswood |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
1921 |
23,000 |
|
Belmont |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
1918 |
29,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Bield |
? |
CNR |
1919 |
1926 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1927) |
Binscarth |
126 |
CPR |
1895 |
1912 |
31,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Elevator Commission (1912) |
Birtle |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
? |
23,000 |
|
Bowsman |
? |
CNR |
1920 |
1927 |
35,000 |
Built (1920), sold to Canada West Grain (1928) |
Bradwardine |
? |
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
? |
25,000 |
|
Burnside |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
1912 |
20,000 |
|
Carberry |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
35,000 |
|
Carman |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
35,000 |
|
Carroll |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Cartwright |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
1898 |
25,000 |
|
Chumah |
? |
CPR |
1924 |
? |
30,000 |
Merged into National Grain (1940) |
Crystal City |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Cypress River |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
1918 |
22,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Dauphin |
? |
CNR |
1897 |
? |
22,000 |
|
Deleau |
? |
CPR |
1896 |
1912 |
22,000 |
|
Deloraine |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
1912 |
26,000 |
|
Douglas |
? |
CPR |
1896 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Dufrost |
? |
CPR |
1899 |
1918 |
25,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Dunrea |
? |
CNR |
1898 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Elkhorn |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
27,000 |
|
Elliotts |
? |
CNR |
1898 |
c1901 |
12,000 |
|
Elm Creek |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
1918 |
20,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Elphinstone A |
? |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
1927 |
26,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (circa 1927) |
Elphinstone B |
? |
CNR |
|
|
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (circa 1927) |
Elva |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Emerson |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
c1901 |
70,000 |
|
Erickson |
? |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
? |
26,000 |
|
Fairfax |
? |
CNR |
1899 |
1918 |
25,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Findlay |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
1912 |
23,000 |
|
Firdale |
? |
CNR |
1929 |
? |
25,000 |
Bought from Security Elevator (1929), merged into National Grain (1940) |
Fishing River |
? |
CNR |
1923 |
1925 |
30,000 |
|
Floors |
? |
CPR |
1924 |
? |
25,000 |
Merged into National Grain (1940) |
Fork River |
? |
CNR |
c1913 |
? |
35,000 |
Merged into National Grain (1940) |
Forrest |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
? |
18,000 |
|
Foxwarren |
? |
CPR |
c1901 |
? |
25,000 |
|
Franklin |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
1918 |
17,000 |
|
Gladstone |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
1896 |
3,500 |
|
Glenboro |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Glencairn |
? |
CNR |
1918 |
1927 |
30,000 |
|
Glenella |
? |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
1924 |
25,000 |
|
Goodlands |
? |
CPR |
1899 |
1918 |
23,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Grandview |
? |
CNR |
1901 |
1901 |
25,000 |
|
Greenway |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Gretna |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
1898 |
35,000 |
|
Griswold |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Hamiota |
? |
CPR |
1896 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Harding |
? |
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
? |
25,000 |
|
Hargrave |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Harrowby |
? |
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
1919 |
30,000 |
|
Hartney |
? |
CPR |
1896 |
1896 |
35,000 |
|
High Bluff |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
20,000 |
|
Hilton |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
c1901 |
14,000 |
|
Holland |
? |
CPR |
1891 |
1918 |
20,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Hope Farm |
? |
CNR |
1899 |
1918 |
21,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Ingelow |
? |
CNR |
1929 |
? |
25,000 |
Bought from Security Elevator (1929) |
Inglis |
? |
CPR |
1923 |
? |
30,000 |
|
Kelloe |
? |
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
? |
22,000 |
|
Keyes (Midway) |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
? |
17,000 |
|
La Salle |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
1899 |
25,000 |
|
Letellier |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
1918 |
24,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Macdonald |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
15,000 |
|
MacGregor |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Martinville |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
c1901 |
12,000 |
Acquired from Martin & Mitchell (1893) |
Melita |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
? |
26,000 |
|
Methven |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
1898 |
1,500 |
|
Miami |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Millwood |
? |
CPR |
1901 |
1928 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1928) |
Minnedosa |
? |
M&NW |
1895 |
1899 |
7,000 |
|
Morden |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
35,000 |
|
Morris |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
1918 |
31,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Myrtle |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
c1901 |
20,000 |
|
Napinka |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Neepawa |
? |
M&NW |
1895 |
c1901 |
12,000 |
|
Nesbitt |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
27,000 |
|
Newdale |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
1926 |
43,000 |
|
Ninette |
? |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
1918 |
23,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Ninga |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Oak Lake |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
1895 |
25,000 |
|
Oak River |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
1919 |
22,000 |
|
Otterburne |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
? |
14,000 |
Sold to local farmer cooperative (1918) |
Paulson |
? |
CNR |
1923 |
1924 |
30,000 |
|
Pettapiece |
146 |
CPR |
1895 |
1940 |
27,000 |
Transferred to National Elevator (1940) |
Pierson |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
? |
16,000 |
|
Pine River |
? |
CNR |
1918 |
? |
25,000 |
|
Pipestone |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Pitlochry |
? |
CPR |
1924 |
? |
25,000 |
|
Plumas |
? |
CNR |
1896 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Pope |
? |
CPR |
1929 |
? |
25,000 |
Bought from Security Elevator (1929), sold to National Grain (1940) |
Rapid City |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
? |
25,000 |
|
Rathwell |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Reston |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Roblin |
? |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
? |
25,000 |
|
Roland |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Rosebank |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
? |
18,000 |
|
Rosenfeld |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
10,000 |
|
Rossburn |
? |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
1927 |
30,000 |
|
Rounthwaite |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
1912 |
32,000 |
|
Russell |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
1921 |
25,000 |
|
Sandy Lake |
? |
CNR |
1913 |
? |
25,000 |
|
Sewell |
? |
CPR |
1896 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Sidney |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Silverton |
? |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
1927 |
30,000 |
|
Sinclair |
? |
CPR |
1913 |
? |
30,000 |
|
Smart |
? |
CNR |
1933 |
? |
30,000 |
|
Snowflake |
? |
CPR |
1899 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
Solsgirth |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
? |
15,000 |
|
Somerset |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
c1901 |
8,000 |
|
Souris |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
c1901 |
25,000 |
|
St. Jean |
? |
CNR |
1890 |
1918 |
21,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
St. Lazare |
? |
CNR |
1929 |
? |
25,000 |
Bought from Security Elevator (1929) |
Starbuck |
? |
CPR |
1898 |
1899 |
25,000 |
|
Stonewall |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
1895 |
6,000 |
|
Strathclair |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
7,500 |
|
Swan Lake |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
c1901 |
8,000 |
|
Treherne |
? |
CPR |
1892 |
c1901 |
35,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Elevator Commission (?), sold to Paterson Grain (1917) |
Union Point |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
c1901 |
8,000 |
|
Uno |
? |
CNR |
1929 |
1931 |
25,000 |
Bought from Security Elevator (1929) |
Varcoe |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
8,000 |
|
Virden |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
c1901 |
35,000 |
|
Vista |
? |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
? |
30,000 |
|
Waskada |
? |
CPR |
1901 |
1918 |
25,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Wawanesa |
? |
CNR |
1895 |
c1901 |
30,000 |
|
Whitewater |
? |
CPR |
1896 |
? |
22,000 |
|
Winkler |
? |
CPR |
1897 |
1918 |
26,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (June 1918) |
Winnipeg |
? |
CPR |
1895 |
? |
150,000 |
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Sources:
“It’s a local scheme,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 June 1893, page 9.
“The Northern Elevator Co., Ltd.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 October 1893, page 4.
“Mammoth deal in elevators,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 August 1909, page 1.
“Exhibit “B” Manitoba elevators,” Manitoba Free Press, 14 May 1912, page 7.
“C. H. Leaman leaves Northern Elevator Company,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 March 1923, page 12.
“Elevator group to be operated as one company,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 June 1940, page 12.
The Exchange: 100 Years of Trading Grain in Winnipeg by Allan Levine, Winnipeg: Peguis Publishers Limited, 1987.
Elevator Company Files [Temporary Box #1], Paterson Grain Company, John Everitt Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank Kaye Wolstenholme, Janice McClelland, and Duncan Waddell for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 October 2022
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