Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Birnie, RM of Rosedale)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Birnie, in the CNR Neepawa Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale, closed in August 1972. The railway line was abandoned in early 1981 and the tracks were removed. The elevator is no longer present at the site.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1927-1931	D. A. McNaughton
1931-1943	G. M. Hall
1943-1944	George R. Suggit
1944-1945	G. M. Hall
1945-1946	George R. Suggit
1946-1949	Edward B. Connor
1949-1951	M. L. Chorneyko
1951-1957	Neil Maurice Boughton (1929-2003)
1957-1962	G. W. Franks
1962-1969	A. D. Nedohin
1969-1971	Dennis W. Beaumont
1971-1972	Allan R. Wilson

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Birnie (no date) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Aerial view of the grain elevator at Birnie (1971) Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library, A30347-47 Site Location (lat/long): N50.44822, W99.44229 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Arden West topographic map, 62J/6 West, Edition 1, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].

Neepawa - Land of Plenty by A. F. McKenzie, 1981, page 68.

Obituary [Neil Maurice Boughton], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 August 2003.

Aerial photo A30347-47, 1971, Air Photo Library of Manitoba.

Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Glenn Dickson, Mike Lisowski, and Denis Sabourin.

Page revised: 5 September 2020

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