Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Deepdale, Municipality of Roblin)

A wooden grain elevator at Deepdale, on the CNR Togo Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Roblin, was built around 1924 by United Grain Growers. Closed around 1970, it was later removed from the site.

Aerial view of a single grain elevator at Deepdale

Aerial view of a single grain elevator at Deepdale (1964)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library, A18701-66

Deepdale grain elevators

Deepdale grain elevators (no date)
Source: Ian Ward

Deepdale grain elevators

Deepdale grain elevators (no date)
Source: Ian Ward

United Grain Growers elevator at Deepdale

United Grain Growers elevator at Deepdale (1961)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)

Deepdale grain elevator

Deepdale grain elevator (1964)
Source: Archives of Manitoba photograph collection, Deepdale, P1141, N33312.

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.30715, W101.41705
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).

We thank Nathan Kramer and Ian Ward for providing additional information used here.

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

Page revised: 30 January 2024

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