Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Mentmore, Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Mentmore, on the CNR Rapid City Subdivision in the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, was built in 1927 and operated by the Mentmore Co-operative Elevator Association as part of the Manitoba Pool Elevators network. A new crib annex with a capacity of 57,200 bushels was built between 1957 and 1959. The facility closed in December 1978 as the adjacent railway line was abandoned. The tracks were removed in June 1979. In the fall of 1980, the annex was moved to Franklin and the elevator was sold to the Drayson family who used it as storage for a seed business.

The elevator was demolished in April 2021.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1927-1942	Ken M. McDougall
1942-1946	Charles C. Middleton
1946-1956	J. A. McDonald
1956-1960	William A. Pierson
1960-1965	L. G. Burgess
1965-1971	Roy C. Ellingson
1971-1972	Wayne D. Gilling
1972-1975	Colin J. Wilson
1975-1975	Ronald C. Lintott
1975-1976	Dennis Stewart
1976-1977	George Hogeland
1977-1978	Duncan Maclure
1978-1978	D. A. Cameron

Photos & Coordinates

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Mentmore (September 2014) Source: Jean McManus Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Mentmore (July 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Mentmore (May 2019) Source: George Penner Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Mentmore being demolished (April 2021) Source: Mary Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.13224, W99.56475 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

Quest in Roots: History of Brookdale School District by Brookdale Historical Society History Book Committee, 1987, page 104. [Legislative Library of Manitoba, F5648.B81 Que]

“A senior’s story: Merv Drayson,” MyWestman.ca.

We thank Ray Drayson, Jean McManus, George Penner, and Mary Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 April 2021

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