Memorable Manitobans: Alfred Lount Wells (c1859-1947)

Lumberman.

Born at King’s Village, Ontario, he came to Manitoba in the late 1870s with his brothers Joseph and William, and a sister, settling near Balmoral where he helped to operate the first saw mill in the area. He later moved to Selkirk where he established a mill at Fort Alexander. His was a wholesale operation, and he sold all his lumber to Selkirk lumber merchant William Robinson. Eventually, he moved to the west side of Lake Winnipeg and operated several mills near Big and Little Grindstone Points. In 1906, he sold his entire plant to Blackwood’s Limited of Winnipeg and retired to a small farm near Balmoral where he resided until the death of his brother William in 1920. At that time, he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia and lived with a sister. He died there on 2 July 1947.

Sources:

“Alfred Lount Wells, pioneer lumberman, dies at coast”, Winnipeg Free Press, 1 August 1947. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9]

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 November 2010

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