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A wooden grain elevator on Front Street in Melita, on the CPR Estevan Subdivision, was built in 1960 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. At the time of a 2014 site visit, it appears to be in use for private grain storage.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1960-1972
W. A. Dobbyn
1972-1976
Vic A. Higgins
1976-1979
Jock B. Amos
1979-1980
Fermin Desrochers
1980-1988
Dennis W. Clarkson
1988-1998
Dave Dayholos
Period
Agent / Buyer
1960-1965
D. J. Williams
1965-1968
A. E. Bell
1968-1970
R. C. Skeoch
1970-1972
Paul A. Pickett
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Melita (August 2014)
Source: Jean McManus
Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Melita (September 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.26960, W100.98946
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (144 Front Street, Melita)
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank Jean McManus and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 December 2020
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