Historic Sites of Manitoba: Searle Grain Elevator / Federal Grain Elevator (Lower Fort Garry, RM of St. Andrews)

A wooden grain elevator near Lower Fort Garry, on the CPR Winnipeg Beach Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, was built in 1940 by Searle Grain. Sold to Federal Grain in 1966, the facility was closed in 1971 and later removed from the site.

Aerial view of Searle Grain Elevator near Lower Fort Garry

Aerial view of Searle Grain Elevator near Lower Fort Garry (no date)
Source: Erik Horne

Aerial view of Federal Grain Elevator near Lower Fort Garry

Aerial view of Federal Grain Elevator near Lower Fort Garry (1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Government Photographs (CH 0276), GR3552, 67-2561

Site Location (lat/long): N50.11408, W96.93278
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

We thank Erik Horne and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 September 2021

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