A small station building was situated here, on the CNR Harte Subdivision, along Wilkes Avenue in Winnipeg. It was demolished in the late 1950s or early 1960s and the lumber was used to construct a private residence on a nearby street. An interpretive panel northeast of the site, on the Harte Trail (a portion of the Trans-Canada Trail) describes the history of the railway and the Pacific Junction station. It was erected by the Friends of the Harte Trail.
A wooden grain elevator near the station was constructed around 1946 by the Searle Grain Company. Merged with Federal Grain in 1966, the 285,000-bushel elevator, with its two annexes, was sold in 1972 to Manitoba Pool Elevators. It was demolished around 1990.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1946-1954
?
1954-1967
Anthony “Tony” Hutmacher (1911-2006)
Among the other agents who worked at the elevator through the years were Roger G. Mudge (1919-2003) and Leonard Friesen.
Pacific Junction Station (no date)
Source: Len Van Roon
View looking east of the Pacific Junction elevator at right and station at left (no date)
Source: Len Van Roon
View looking south to the Federal Grain elevator in the background and the Prairie Dog locomotive in the foreground (1970)
Source: The Vintage Locomotive Society
View looking east of the Pacific Junction elevator (no date)
Source: Len Van Roon
Searle grain elevator at Pacific Junction (no date)
Source: Glen Schattner
Searle grain elevator at Pacific Junction after its 1972 sale to Manitoba Pool (no date)
Source: Glen Schattner
Sole remaining annex during demolition of the elevator (no date)
Source: Glen SchattnerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84403, W97.25731
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Harte Trail (Winnipeg)
Obituary [Roger G. Mudge], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 July 2003.
Obituary [Anthony Hutmacher], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 February 2006.
We thank Len Van Roon Sr, Len Van Roon Jr, Gwen Jamieson, Glen Schattner, Rudy Ammeter, Myron Hutmacher, and Paul Newsome (The Vintage Locomotive Society) for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 May 2021
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