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A 27,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at the railway siding of Edwin on the CNR Pleasant Point Subdivision, in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, was built in 1928 and operated by the Manitoba Pool Elevators. A 30,000-bushel balloon annex once stood beside it but has been removed. The elevator closed in July 1978, after the rail line from Portage la Prairie was severed by the construction of the Portage Diversion in the late 1960s. It was decided that the cost of building a bridge was not warranted by revenue from operation of the line. The elevator was used for private grain storage into the early 2000s but had since fallen into disrepair. It was demolished in June 2019.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1930
David Kirkpatrick
1930-1939
Arthur J. Brown
1939-1941
J. E. Greenaway
1941-1943
L. E. Spetz
1943-1946
C. S. Brown
1946-1951
W. K. Mann
1951-1952
J. V. Hunt
1952-1956
Irving A. Joel
1956-1964
Calvin William Harvey (1924-2003)
1964-1966
Stuart G. McGorman
1966-1974
M. L. Bekar
1974-1975
Melvin Lone
1975-1977
Dennis W. Clarkson
1977-1978
Ernest W. Burton
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (July 1972)
Source: Joel Bouchard
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (July 2010)
Source: Bernie Freeman
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (July 2010)
Source: Bernie Freeman
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (October 2014)
Source: Jean McManus
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (2016)
Source: Desiree Rolfe
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin prior to demolition (May 2019)
Source: George Penner
Site of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Edwin (August 2019)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88987, W98.51289
denoted by symbol on the map above
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Obituary [Calvin William Harvey], Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 2003.
We thank James Kostuchuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Jean McManus, Bernie Freeman, Mike Lisowski, Gordon Goldsborough, Joel Bouchard, Desiree Rolfe, Rose Kuzina, and George Penner.
Page revised: 5 April 2022
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