Historic Sites of Manitoba: Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Grain Elevator (Cloverleaf, RM of Brokenhead)

A wooden grain elevator at Cloverleaf, on the CPR Keewatin Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, was built around 1949 by the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society. Closed in 1972, the elevator was later removed from the site.

Aerial view of grain elevator at Cloverleaf

Aerial view of grain elevator at Cloverleaf (1965)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library, A18972-19

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.98881, W96.56486
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Grain Elevators in Canada, compiled by Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada, Winnipeg, 1912-1930, 1930-1953, 1953-1998 [Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries], 1998-2016 [Canadian Grain Commission].

Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (grant 19F-H51134, 2019-2020).

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Denis Sabourin (Denis Sabourin Geomatics).

Page revised: 30 March 2020

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