Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Cordova, RM of Minto-Odanah)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A 52,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Cordova, on the CNR Rapid City Subdivision in what is now the Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah, was built around 1951 by United Grain Growers. Closed in July 1970, it was demolished in 1972.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1917-1918	Thomas H. Ballantyne
1918-1921	James Pollock
1921-1922	Joe Chisholm
1922-1931	J. H. Speirs
1931-1940	G. R. Johnston
1940-1941	L. R. Trotter
1941-1946	R. A. Burns
1946	F. E. Crane
1946-1951	L. R. Wilson
1951-1954	F. G. Kerr
1954-1964	James F. “Jim” Anstett (c1929-2000)
1964-1965	D. L. Kuharski
1965	R. W. Crooks
1965-1966	G. A. Whyte
1966-1967	Wayne E. Winters
1967	G. A. Whyte
1967-1970	Joe W. Irwin

Photos & Coordinates

United Grain Growers elevator at Cordova (1961) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Site Location (lat/long): N50.13429, W99.71295 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Moorepark East topographic map, 62J/4 East, Edition 1 ASE, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].

United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

Obituary [James Anstett], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 2000, page 40.

We thank Joyce Shuttleworth and Albert Shuttleworth for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 April 2018

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