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A wooden grain elevator in Snowflake, on the CPR Snowflake Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Pembina, was constructed in 1928 and formerly operated by Manitoba Pool Elevators. A balloon annex was constructed beside it in 1951. Renovated fully in late 1967, it was closed in December 1980 and the last grain train pulled out of town in January 1981. The elevator continued in use for private grain storage and was still doing so at the time of a 2020 site visit.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1929
E. Shilson
1929-1930
N. Shilson
1930-1933
W. Shilson
1933-1937
A. W. McIntyre
1937-1945
A. J. Akehurst
1945-1951
G. H. Gillies
1951-1959
Cliff Johnson
1959-1960
Ross G. Ferguson
1960-1967
G. A. Cochrane
1967-1972
L. Cameron Stoesz
1972-1975
L. C. “Dick” Myers
1975-1978
Cornelius D. Klassen
1978-1980
Steven Yeomans
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Snowflake (August 2009)
Source: Neil Christoffersen
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Snowflake (July 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Snowflake (September 2020)
Source: George Penner
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Snowflake (July 2016)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.04606, W98.66035
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Federal Grain Elevator (Snowflake, Municipality of Pembina)
Record of Country Elevator Receipts, Expenses 1922-23 to and including 1955-156, Lake of the Woods Milling Company Limited, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Ogilvie Flour Mills fonds, MSS120-L-128.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank Neil Christoffersen and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 March 2021
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