Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian Consolidated Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Brumlie, RM of Oakview)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Brumlie, on the CNR Rapid City Subdivision in what is now the Rural Municipality of Oakview, was built at Oak River by the Canadian Elevator Company. Moved to this site in 1909, the elevator was dismantled and rebuilt in the 1920s, before becoming an asset of the Canadian Consolidated Grain Company in 1928. It was sold to United Grain Growers in 1959, then re-sold to Manitoba Pool. Closed in 1970, the elevator was sold into private ownership, then demolished in 1984.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1909-?	R. T. Stewart
?-?	Sydney Stewart
c1925	Frederick “Fred” Gourlay (1885-1933)
?-?	N. Strong
?-1941	A. Thiessen
1941-1945	Arnold “Jake” Julyan (1910-1996)
1945-?	G. Smith
?-?	S. Charles
?-?	H. Biles
?-1970	W. G. Robbins

Photos & Coordinates

Aerial view of grain elevator at Brumlie (1964) Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library, A18625-57 Site Location (lat/long): N50.24911, W100.39552 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“Local and general,” Rapid City Reporter, 22 January 1925, page 4.

“Oak River news,” Brandon Sun, 19 November 1970, page 15.

“Prairie sentinel toppled,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 18 July 1984, page 1.

“Cardale construction creates …,” Rivers Banner, 17 July 1995, page 1.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Denis Sabourin and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 February 2019

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