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This grain company was established in 1908 by Manitoba-born businessman Norman M. Paterson. A network of country grain elevators across the prairies funneled grain into terminal elevators at Fort William [now Thunder Bay], Ontario. In the early years, the firm acquired some country elevators by purchasing them from the Interior Elevator Company (1920) and Young Grain Company (1923).
Period
President
1908-1981
Norman McLeod Paterson (1883-1983)
1981-2001
Donald Savigny Paterson (1918-2006)
2001-?
Andrew B. Paterson
Period
Vice-President
?-1940
Mortimer A. Smith (1881-1940)
1940-c1988
?
?-1982
Lorne M. Paterson
1983-c1988
B. Art Domes
1992-?
Robert J. Paterson
Period
Country Elevator Manager
c1960
Barrie J. Knight
Location
No.
Rail
Opened
Closed
Capacity
(bushels)Comments
18
1920
1988
70,000
New elevator (1908), bought from McLaughlin & Ellis (1916), destroyed by fire (1927), bought from Ogilvie Flour (1928), renovated (1929), new crib annex (1951), new balloon annex (1960), traded to Manitoba Pool (1988)
147
1967
-
51,900
New elevator (1967), two steel tanks (1968), new crib annex (1973)
51
1935
2002
42,500
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt (1935), new crib annex (1952), new steel tank (1969)
Belmont
60
?
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), demolished (1921), material used to build new elevator at Roseisle (1921)
Binscarth
?
1995
-
?
144
1961
-
153,500
New elevator (1961), new balloon annex (1962)
113
1926
1994
72,500
New elevator (1910), bought from A. S. Arnold (1926), new crib annex (1952), demolished (February 1996)
148
1968
1970
41,000
Bought from Scottish Cooperative (1967), moved to Dacotah (1971)
Cameron
103
1922
1952
30,000
New elevator (1902), bought from Young Grain (1922), demolished (1952) and material used to build annex at Swan Lake (1953)
Cartwright
80
1920
1968
52,200
New elevator (1897), bought from Cartwright Farmers (1920), second elevator bought from Young Grain (1923), both demolished (1925), new elevator (1925), sold to Federal Grain (1969)
89
1921
1926
30,000
New elevator (1921), sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)
85
1921
2000
94,900
New elevator using material salvaged from Sintaluta (1921), new annex (1952), new balloon annex using material salvaged from Madill (1960)
73
1920
-
60,000
New elevator (1900), bought from Manitoba Government (September 1919), second elevator bought from Young Grain (1922), both demolished (1927), new elevator (1927), bought from UGG (1941), new balloon annex (1960), new balloon annex (1963), destroyed by fire (2018)
Crystal City 2
73
?
?
?
75
1920
-
?
New elevator using material salvaged from Stoughton (1920), new crib annex (1949), new balloon annex (1955), new balloon annex (1960)
Culross 2
75
1928
?
?
Bought from UGG (September 1969)
54
1927
-
?
New elevator (1898), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt (1927), new balloon annexes (1940, 1953, 1963), annexes replaced by steel tanks (1980)
54
1928
Bought from Manitoba Pool (2004)
43
1917
2002
?
New elevator (1917), rebuilt (1938), new elevator and old elevator converted to annex (1957), two steel tanks (1967), second elevator moved from Cabot (1971), demolished (August 2003)
102
1923
1927
30,000
Bought from Young Grain (1922); sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)
83
1921
1949
30,000
New elevator (1921), closed (1949), demolished and material used to build annex at Fannystelle (1950)
50
1920
1999
?
New elevator (1899), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt using material salvaged from Kincaid (1938), new crib annex (1950), new balloon annex (1960), demolished (2000)
Dunrea
95
1923
1947
28,000
Bought from Young Grain (1922), sold to UGG (1948)
76
1921
1924
30,000
New elevator (1921), sold to Manitoba Pool (1925)
Elgin
97
1922
1980
82,800
New elevator (1898), bought from Young Grain (1922), rebuilt (1928), demolished (circa 1966), replacement moved from Wakopa (1966), sold to Manitoba Pool (?)
Elm Creek
52
1920
1993
?
New elevator (1898), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), demolished (1938), new elevator (1938), new balloon annexes (1957, 1964), new crib annex (1978)
137
1938
1982
72,700
New elevator using materials salvaged from Ettington (1938), new balloon annex (1955), steel tank (1969), sold to Allstate Grain (c1983)
98
1923
1965
62,100
New elevator (1904), bought from Young Grain (1922), rebuilt (1940), moved to Fairfax for use as annex (1966)
58
1920
1999
?
New elevator (1899), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), renovated (1929), new balloon annex (1940), old elevator moved from Enterprise for use as annex (1966), steel tanks (1968, 1971), demolished (2000)
Fairfax 2
58
1981
1999
?
Demolished (2000)
Fairfax 3
58
1981
1985
?
104
1923
1968
142,800
New elevator (1909), bought from Fannystelle Farmers (1923), rebuilt (1940), new annex built from material salvaged at Dipple Siding (1950), sold to UGG (1968)
Gladstone 1
82
1920
1925
90,000
Rented from Echo Flour Mills (1921), lease unrenewed (1933)
Gladstone 2
82
1923
1932
30,000
Goodlands
56
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), demolished (1919), material used to build new elevator at Haywood (1919)
Grandview
44
1917
1924
40,000
New elevator (1917), sold to Manitoba Pool (1925)
115
1927
1927
30,000
New elevator (1927), sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)
Haywood
71
1920
1986
98,800
New elevator using material salvaged from Goodlands (1919), new crib annex (1951), new balloon annex (1956)
Hilton
?
?
?
?
Traded to Manitoba Pool (?), moved to Ninette (1960s)
53
1920
-
?
New elevator (1891), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt (1927), new balloon annexes (1953, 1957, 1960), rebuilt (1958)
Hope Farm (Martins Spur)
48
1920
1965
30,000
New elevator (1889), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt (1934), closed (31 July 1960) and moved to St. Jean for use as an annex (?), sold to Paul Fillion (February 1966)
?
1927
1965
73,400
New elevator (1927), sold (1966)
93
1922
1995
30,000
New elevator (1922), new balloon annexes (1949, 1953)
93
1980
1985
?
Bought from Cargill Grain (1980)
Inwood
92
1922
1926
30,000
Bought from David Wood (1922), demolished and material used to build at Lyleton (1926)
114
1926
1961
47,700
New elevator (?), bought from A. S. Arnold (1926), sold to Manitoba Pool (May 1963)
69
1947
2008
?
Built using material salvaged from Winkler (1918), destroyed by fire (1947), new elevator (1947), new balloon annexes (1953, 1955)
Kelloe
112
1926
1938
21,500
Bought from A. S. Arnold (1926), sold to UGG (1938)
81
1920
1999
30,000
New elevator (1906), bought from Joseph Pritchard (1920), second elevator bought from Young Grain (1922), both demolished (1927), new elevator (1927), rebuilt (1961), new balloon annexes (1960, 1963), old elevator brought from Mountainside used as crib annex (1966)
81
1980
1999
?
New elevator (1979-1980)
Killarney 3
81
1999
-
?
17
1920
-
?
New elevator (1902), bought from Cormier (1915), rebuilt using material salvaged from Dumas (1938), new balloon annexes (1940, 1955)
99
1923
1965
30,000
New elevator (1904), bought from Young Grain (1922), sold (1967)
Letellier
49
1920
1927
30,000
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)
110
1926
1976
70,900
Built using material salvaged at Inwood (1926), new balloon annexes (1940, 1953), sold (1979), demolished (c2008)
Madill
90
1921
1970
23,000
New elevator using material salvaged from Hume (1921), closed (15 January 1959), dismantled and materials moved to Cracknell for use as annex (1960), demolished (1973)
Marquette 1
74
1920
1972
?
New elevator (1920), sold (1974), demolished (?)
74
1941
2013
22,500
New elevator (1941), new balloon annexes (1953, 1960), demolished (September 2013)
Meadows 1
94
1922
?
?
New elevator (1922), bought from McLaughlin & Ellis (1922), destroyed by fire (1922), new elevator (1922), sold (1976), demolished (?)
94
1947
2013
?
New elevator (1947), new balloon annexes (1953, 1960), new crib annex (1978), demolished (July 2017)
72
1919
1923
30,000
New elevator (1919), sold to Manitoba Pool (1925)
Mile 202
1920
1921
30,000
96
1923
2005
30,000
New elevator (1898), bought from Young Grain (1922), rebuilt (1936), new balloon annexes (1940, 1955, 1963), new steel tanks (?), closed (2005), demolished (2015)
96
1928
2005
40,000
Traded from Manitoba Pool (1988), closed (2005), demolished (2015)
46
1920
-
?
New elevator (1889), Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), rebuilt (1940), new crib annex (1952), new balloon annex (1963)
Mountainside (Anvers)
101
1923
1965
30,000
New elevator (1914), bought from Young Grain (1922), rebuilt (1928), moved to Killarney for use as crib annex (1966)
Ninette
59
1920
1927
30,000
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)
Oakland
109
1925
1925
15,000
Rented one year (1924), sold to Forsythe (1925)
146
1965
-
?
Demolished (?), bought Manitoba Pool (?), new elevator (1965), new balloon annex (1965), two steel tanks (1969)
111
1926
1969
51,300
Bought from Rathwell Farmers (1926), sold to UGG (September 1969)
Ridgeville 1
70
1920
1980
59,400
New elevator by George Pocock (1901), bought from Manitoba Government (1919), new elevator (1934), demolished (1980s)
70
1947
1980
62,000
New elevator (1947), new balloon annex (1956), destroyed by fire (April 2010)
Roseisle
84
1921
1974
54,400
New elevator using material salvaged from Belmont (1921), new balloon annex (1953), sold (1977)
St. Jean Baptiste 1
47
1920
1988
88,000
New elevator (1890), bought from Northern Elevator (1918), rebuilt (1935)
St. Jean Baptiste 2
47
?
Bought from Canadian Consolidated (July 1952), steel tank (1969), traded to Manitoba Pool (1988)
Shellmouth
77
1920
1938
25,000
New elevator (1920), sold to British America (1940)
136
1934
1980
38,000
Bought from Federal Grain (1934), rebuilt (1945), new balloon annexes (1954, 1960), steel tank (1969)
Sperling
1998
2007
?
108
1924
2005
26,000
New elevator (1923), new balloon annex (1940), new crib annex using material salvaged from Cameron (1953), demolished (2008)
91
1922
-
28,400
New elevator (1916), bought from David Wood (1922), destroyed by fire (1939), new elevator (1939), new crib annex (1951), new balloon annex (1960)
Treherne
45
1917
1980
82,400
New elevator (1892), bought from Manitoba Government (1917), rebuilt (1928), new balloon annex (1955), steel tanks (1968, 1969)
Wakopa
100
1923
1965
30,000
New elevator (1904), bought from Young Grain (1922), rebuilt (1940), moved to Elgin (1966)
57
1920
2004
?
New elevator (1901), bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), second elevator bought from Young Grain (1922), both dismantled and new elevator built (1927), new balloon annex (1940), new crib annex (1952), renovated (1958), new balloon annex (1963)
143
1960
1965
22,000
Bought from UGG (October 1959)
Winkler
55
?
Bought from Northern Elevator (June 1918), demolished (1918) and material used to build new elevator at Kane (1918)
Winnipeg
?
?
2000
-
?
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Norman McLeod Paterson (1883-1983)
“Rural Municipality of Riverside Council Minutes,” Belmont News, 3 March 1966, page 2.
“Elevator disposal a challenge,” Brandon Sun, 22 July 2000, page 5.
“Goodbye to an old friend,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 August 2003, page 20.
Elevator Company Files [Temporary Box #1], Paterson Grain Company, John Everitt Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank Carol Wilkinson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 July 2022
