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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A 110,000-bushel composite-style grain elevator at Brunkild, on the CNR Carman Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, was built in 1968 by Manitoba Pool Elevators, replacing an older, smaller elevator that was sold and moved to the Homewood Hutterite Colony. In the mid-1990s, the facility passed through a succession of owners before being purchased by Besco Grain, a company specializing in the processing and marketing of mustard seed.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1942
Earl J. Helgason
1942-1943
Oscar Rochon
1943-1954
James H. “Jim” Murray
1954-1956
Roy J. Lewis
1956-1977
Eugene M. “Gene” Ferens
1977-1984
Orlando Nickel
1984-1990
Dave Wilson
1991
Wes Nickel
1992
Don Hunt
1992-1994
?
Period
Agent / Buyer
1942-1947
Kenneth E. “Ken” Elliott
1947-1949
Wendell F. Johnston
1949-1952
John A. McLeod
1952-1964
Joseph M. “Joe” Storey
1964-1968
Harry A. “Hank” Lyle (c1895-1975)
Manitoba Pool grain elevator with the United Grain Growers grain elevator in the background (August 1992)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2259.
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Brunkild (no date)
Source: Donalda Johnson
Besco grain elevator at Brunkild (August 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Aerial view of the Besco grain elevator at Brunkild (November 2020)
Source: George Penner
Besco grain elevator at Brunkild (November 2024)
Source: Milan LukesSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59236, W97.57780
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Brunkild, RM of Macdonald)
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Memories & Melodies: The History of Brunkild, 1871-1980 by Brunkild History Book Committee, 2003. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.B78 Bru]
We thank Donalda Johnson, Jean McManus, Bill Sutherland, George Penner, and Milan Lukes for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 17 November 2024
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