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A wooden grain elevator at Rivers, on the CNR Rivers Subdivision in the Municipality of Riverdale, was built by United Grain Growers to replace an elevator at nearby Wheatland that was destroyed by fire in September 1957. It opened on 30 December 1957 with the former Wheatland manager in charge. A large annex was added in 1980. Traded to Cargill Grain in January 1993, the elevator was closed in December 2000 and eventually sold to private ownership. It remains in use for local grain storage.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1957-1958
M. “Mac” McKinnon
1958-1973
C. O. Bourne
1973-1984
Ron Radford
1984-?
?
?-1993
Mike Wozniezka
1993-1994
Ray Silbernagel
1994-?
Don Babiak
?-2000
?
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Rivers (1962)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Rivers (1972)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator and annex at Rivers (1981)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
Cargill grain elevator and annex at Rivers (July 2006)
Source: Bernie Freeman
Cargill grain elevator and annex at Rivers (September 2014)
Source: Jean McManus
Cargill grain elevator and annex at Rivers (June 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.03000, W100.24413
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Western Canada Flour Mills Grain Elevator / United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Wheatland, Municipality of Riverdale)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: National Grain Elevator / Cargill Grain Elevator A (Rivers, Municipality of Riverdale)
“UGG elevator closes,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 20 January 1993, page 1.
“Silbernagel’s farewell,” Rivers Banner, 29 August 1994, page 1.
“Cargill changes,” Rivers Banner, 12 September 1994, page 1.
“Cargill to shut down in Rivers,” Rivers Banner, 25 November 2000, page 1.
“Cargill gone for good,” Rivers Banner, 9 December 2000, page 10.
United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
We thank Jean McManus, Bernie Freeman, and George Penner for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 May 2023
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