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In 1965, the provincial government bought two elevators and annexes at Fortier, about 24 kilometres (15 miles) southeast of Portage la Prairie, from Manitoba Pool Elevators. The "A" elevator had been built by Pool in 1928 while the "B" elevator dated from 1913 and had been bought from Ogilvie Flour Mills in 1959. The government used the abandoned right-of-way for the CN railway line beside the elevators to expand the Trans-Canada Highway from two to four lanes. In 1965, the former A elevator was moved to the nearby Huron Hutterite Colony where it was used as a feed mill. It was demolished in May 2017.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1931
A. J. Hand
1931-1936
Fred Parsons
1936-1937
J. Merrick
1937-1940
W. A. Taylor
1940-1943
James H. "Jim" Murray
1943-1946
J. Hunter
1946-1947
E. P. Hall
1947-1951
Fred Lawrence Topham (c1908-1991)
1951-1957
W. M. Thomson
1957-1965
Donald A. Frohwerk
Period
Agent / Buyer
1960-1962
G. Porte
1962-1965
Donald A. Frohwerk
Former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator from Fortier at Huron Hutterite Colony (1973)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93506, W97.91426
denoted by symbol on the map above
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank Julien Lachance for providing information used here.
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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