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A 149,000-bushel wooden grain elevator near Elie, on the CNR Gladstone Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Cartier, was built between October 1985 and October 1986 by the Manitoba Pool Elevators, and opened officially on 13 November 1986. Closed between 2001 and 2002, it was sold to a consortium of local farmers in 2004 and continues to be used for private grain storage.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1932
John A. Thompson
1932-1957
Edgar Felix Lussier (1891-1974)
1957-1959
R. E. LeFreniere
1959-1988
Ralph A. Legare
1988-1998
Jack Davidson
1998-2002
?
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Elie (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2019-0037
The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Elie (October 2014)
Source: Jean McManus
The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Elie (September 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Elie (September 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Elie (August 2022)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90483, W97.77585
denoted by symbol on the map above
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
“Pool plans spending drive,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 September 1984, page 25.
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].
Elie Elevator Inc. corporate registration [2015], Manitoba Companies Office.
We thank Jean McManus and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 November 2022
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