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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A 51,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Oakburn, on the CNR Rossburn Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead, was built in 1965 by Manitoba Pool Elevators, replacing an earlier elevator that stood on the opposite end of the annex. The crib annex was constructed in 1950 and enlarged by 36,000 bushels in 1967. The facility was closed in April 1996, when the adjacent railway line was abandoned, and sold by tender.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1940-1942
M. G. Evasiuk
1942-1947
J. P. Sulymko
1947-1951
George G. Ogloff
1951-1952
S. J. Dutchak
1952-1953
Douglas Howard Smith
1953-1955
R. G. Waddell
1955-1959
Steve P. Ferens
1959-1970
N. W. Ness
1970-1983
John Yurchuk
1983-1988
Robert J. Davidson
1988-1991
R. Murray Hagyard
1991-1996
Dan Yanchycki
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn (no date) by Earl Gordon Johnston
Source: Shelley Johnston-Frith
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn (July 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn (August 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn (September 2020)
Source: George Penner
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oakburn (October 2021)
Source: Jean McManusSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.56659, W100.58111
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Oakburn, RM of Yellowhead)
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank Glenn Dickson, Rose Kuzina, George Penner, Jean McManus, and Shelley Johnston-Frith for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 November 2024
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