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A 66,500-bushel wooden grain elevator at Altona, on the CPR Gretna Subdivision, was built in 1951 by Lake of the Woods Milling Company. Purchased by Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1959, it was the Pool B elevator until early 1965 when Pool's A elevator was moved to Plum Coulee. Crib annexes were built on each side of it in 1967 and 1969, and the elevator was fully renovated in 1970. Closed by Agricore in 2001, the elevator was later demolished.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1951-1953
William J. Campbell
1953-1960
A. W. Wiebe
1960-1970
Peter P. Wiebe
1970-1978
H. Lavern Wiebe
1978-1980
Cornelius D. Klassen
1980-1986
Ed Klassen
1986-1990
Ronald Dyck
1990-1991
?
1991-1998
Darrell Godard
1998-2001
?
Former Lake of the Woods grain elevator at left (early 1960s)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University, Manitoba Co-operator WCPI
Aerial view of the Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Altona (1990s)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Altona (no date)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Altona (no date)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Altona (August 1998)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.10557, W97.55826
denoted by symbol on the map above
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank Cornelius Klassen and Jim Pearson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Jean McManus, Glenn Dickson, and George Penner.
Page revised: 31 July 2019
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