Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Nesbitt, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Nesbitt, on the CPR Glenboro Subdivision in the Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa, was brought here from Rounthwaite in 1983 and operated by Manitoba Pool Elevators, with two crib annexes beside it. The rail line was abandoned in 2014. At the time of a 2015 site visit, the elevator appeared to be in use for private grain storage.

Agents / Buyers

Period

Agent / Buyer

1929-1931

H. E. McKenzie

1931-1932

John Mervin “Jack” Howatt (1907-2005)

1932-1933

?

1933-1957

C. A. Phillips

1957-1972

E. Brown Andrews

1972-1973

Bruce G. Clunie

1973-1977

Victor H. Penner

1977-1983

Rick J. Hamilton

1983-1998

John Yurchuk

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt with its newly constructed balloon annex

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt with its newly constructed balloon annex (1953)
Source: Earl Sande

Manitoba Pool grain elevator B at Rounthwaite before its 1983 move to Nesbitt

Manitoba Pool grain elevator B at Rounthwaite before its 1983 move to Nesbitt (October 1978) by Lawrence Stuckey
Source: Stuckey Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University, 1-2002.3.9.63

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator B from Rounthwaite at its new site in Nesbitt, with a new crib annex under construction in the foreground and the United Grain Growers elevator in the right background

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator B from Rounthwaite at its new site in Nesbitt, with a new crib annex under construction in the foreground and the United Grain Growers elevator in the right background (1983)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)

Aerial view of the grain elevators at Nesbitt

Aerial view of the grain elevators at Nesbitt (1988)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt (July 2001)
Source: Mike Lisowski

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt (September 2015)
Source: Jean McManus

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt (September 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt (September 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt

Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Nesbitt (August 2020)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.60251, W99.85703
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Nesbitt, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Rounthwaite, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)

Sources:

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

We thank Mike Lisowski, Jean McManus, George Penner, and Earl Sande for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 March 2021

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