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A wooden grain elevator at Bowsman, on the CNR Erwood Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman, was built in 1937, with new annexes added in 1939 and 1948. The annexes were removed in 1972 and 1980, and the elevator was demolished in 1993.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1917-1920
J. A. McQuay
1920-1924
F. E. McEwan
1924-1927
T. J. McCurdy
1927-1929
S. J. McLean
1929
Ivor C. Thurston
1929-1930
Joe Lazenby
1930-1938
R. N. McCrea
1938-1940
W. R. Armstrong
1940-1951
John Albert “Jack” Chittick (1889-1973)
1951-1955
Wallace Albert “Wally” Chittick (1924-2015)
1955-1957
Alf Kelso
1957-1962
Clarence Lee
United Grain Growers grain elevator 2 at Bowsman (no date) by Earl Gordon Johnston
Source: Shelley Johnston-Frith
United Grain Growers grain elevator 2 at Bowsman (1962)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Location (lat/long): N52.23677, W101.20974
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator A (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator C (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Northern Grain Elevator / Canada West Grain Elevator / Searle Grain Elevator A / Federal Grain Elevator 1 / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator D (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Searle Grain Elevator B / Federal Grain Elevator 2 / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator E (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator 1 (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
Obituary [John Albert Chittick], Winnipeg Free Press, 9 April 1973, page 14.
We thank Shelley Johnston-Frith for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 July 2023
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