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A 160,000-bushel composite-style grain elevator at Letellier, on the CNR Emerson Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Montcalm, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1961, after the preceding elevator was destroyed by fire in September 1960. When a large concrete terminal was built nearby in late 1998, the elevator was used for local storage for a few years until being demolished in early 2004.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1932
A. P. Jarry
1932-1933
?
1933-1934
Raymond Michael McAlinden (c1906-1989)
1934-1941
A. P. Jarry
1941-1954
B. J. Johnson
1954-1960
Hector Allan Maclaren (1917-1960)
1960-1967
Anthony A. “Tony” Bouchard
1967-1970
Marcel J. Thevenot
1970-1974
A. Maurice Hogeland
1974-1981
Vernon A. Nickel
1981-1998
Gerald Houle
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Letellier (August 1997)
Source: George Penner
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Letellier, with the United Grain Growers grain elevator in the left background (1962)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Letellier (April 2004)
Source: Bernie FreemanSite Location (lat/long): N49.13484, W97.30368
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Letellier, RM of Montcalm)
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Obituary [Hector Allan Maclaren], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 March 1960, page 15.
Obituary [Raymond Michael McAlinden], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 March 1989, page 53.
“Elevator officially open as new agribusiness launched,” Steinbach Carillon, 14 December 1998, page 1.
We thank Gerald Houle, Bernie Freeman, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 February 2024
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