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A wooden grain elevator at Birtle, on the CPR Bredenbury Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Prairie View, was built in 1966 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. The crib annex was added in 1981. Closed on 30 November 1996 because of its small six-railcar spot and declining annual grain deliveries, the elevator was sold in 2001 to local interests for use in private grain storage.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1927-1931
John Albert “Jack” Chittick (1889-1973)
1931-1940
D. A. McNaughton
1940-1943
M. H. Johnson
1943-1944
W. A. Watt
1944-1945
M. H. Johnson
1945-1947
George Hudson Reid (1907-1998)
1947-1968
W. J. Brown
1968-1990
James D. Brown
1990-1994
Mervin D. Louttit
1994-1996
Alex Deczychia
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Birtle (September 2014)
Source: Jean McManus
Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Birtle (September 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.43333, W101.04715
denoted by symbol on the map above
Obituary [John Albert Chittick], Winnipeg Free Press, 9 April 1973, page 14.
Obituary [George Hudson Reid], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 April 1998, page 50.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
“The grain doesn't flow here anymore,” Birtle Eye Witness, 9 December 1996, page 1.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Jean McManus and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 July 2023
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