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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A 125,000-bushel elevator in Plum Coulee, on the CPR La Riviere Subdivision in the Municipality of Rhineland, was constructed by Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1975. It featured two steel legs, 24 storage bins, and another 18 bins in an attached crib annex. Between February and April 1988, it was renovated extensively at a cost of $270,000. Agricore-United closed it in 2001 and, in May 2002, gifted the elevator to the town. Doors were cut into several of its bins to make display rooms and the former elevator opened as a community museum in 2010. It is open in July and August, Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1959-1963
Allan F. Huebner
1963-1964
Henry Peters
1964-1968
William Enns
1968-1971
William Driedger
1971-1972
Frank Schroeder
1973-1981
Henry James Kehler
1981-1994
Archie Heinrichs
1994-1995
?
1995-1997
Denis Touzin
1997-1998
John Doell
Aerial view of Plum Coulee grain elevators (1990s)
Source: Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Plum Coulee and District Museum, in a grain elevator formerly operated by Manitoba Pool Elevators (July 2017)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Plum Coulee and District Museum, in a grain elevator formerly operated by Manitoba Pool Elevators (July 2017)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of the Plum Coulee and District Museum (May 2018)
Source: George Penner
Interior of the Plum Coulee and District Museum (July 2023)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Interior of the Plum Coulee and District Museum (July 2023)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.19019, W97.76158
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: McCabe Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Plum Coulee, Municipality of Rhineland)
“Plum Coulee will turn elevator into museum,” Brandon Sun, 17 May 2002, page 4.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank George Penner, Mike Lisowski, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 September 2023
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