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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
In 1933, a grain elevator in Oakburn, on the CNR Rossburn Subdivision in what is now the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead, was built by United Grain Growers, replacing an elevator built on the same site before 1912. A large crib annex was constructed beside it in 1968, replacing two smaller annexes. The facility was later closed and demolished.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1917-1922
R. Medcalfe
1922-1924
Elevator closed
1924-1925
R. C. Glover
1925-1928
?
1928-1929
James Scott
1929-1942
R. Turner
1942-1944
M. Smuttell
1944-1950
P. W. Klimchuk
1950-1974
Mike Beck
1974-1981
Alvin T. Price
1981-1985
Glen Foster
1985-1988
?
1988-?
Don Winthrop
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Oakburn (1961)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Oakburn, with the Manitoba Pool elevator in the background left (1968)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Oakburn (1969)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Oakburn (1981)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.56602, W100.57957
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Oakburn, RM of Yellowhead)
United Grain Growers Fonds, MSS76, Box 60 [Oakburn], University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Glenn Dickson.
Page revised: 3 May 2021
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