Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Lenore, RM of Wallace-Woodworth)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Lenore, on the CPR Lenore Subdivision in what is now the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, was built in 1927 by Manitoba Pool Elevators on behalf of the Lenore Co-operative Elevator Association. A balloon annex was built on its west side in 1950. The elevator closed in 1980 when the railway line was abandoned and was sold for local grain storage. At the time of a 2015 site visit, the building appeared not to be in active use.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1927-1928	James H. “Jim” White
1928-1952	Donald “Dan” Gillies (1883-1977)
1952-1959	Robert A. “Bob” Laurie
1959-1960	George A. Thompson
1960-1972	William C. “Bill” Johnston
1972-1977	Rick J. Hamilton
1977-1979	Dennis W. Clarkson
1979-1980	Robert “Rob” Dalrymple

Photos & Coordinates

The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Lenore (May 2000) Source: Mike Lisowski The former Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator at Lenore (no date) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2109. The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Lenore (July 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Lenore (July 2019) Source: George Penner The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Lenore (May 2021) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.95881, W100.75234 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.

History of Lenore and Districts by Lenore History Committee, 2011, page 88.

We thank Mike Lisowski, George Penner, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 August 2021

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