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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A wooden grain elevator in the village of Nesbitt, on the CPR Glenboro Subdivision in the Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa, was built in 1926 by United Grain Growers. A temporary annex constructed beside it in 1940 was removed in 1946 and replaced by a large annex in 1950. The elevator and annex were removed from the site between 1995 and 1997.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1913-1929
J. W. Clark
1929-1930
J. H. Wilson
1931-1948
William Henry Fallis
1948-1955
W. J. Hammond
1955-1961
James W. “Jim” McCulloch
1961-1962
Edwin Gilbert Person (1919-2000)
1962
C. A. McDuffe
1962-1970
Cliff Shaw
1970-1973
Norman Bruce
1973-1974
Joseph Freeman
Aerial view of the grain elevators at Nesbitt (1988)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
The United Grain Growers grain elevator at Nesbitt (1960)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
The United Grain Growers grain elevator at Nesbitt (1981)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
The United Grain Growers grain elevator at Nesbitt (July 1992)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2069.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.60236, W99.86178
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Nesbitt, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)
United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Obituary [Edwin Gilbert Person], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 April 2000.
We thank Shelagh Poolie (Viterra Inc.) for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 May 2021
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