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A wooden grain elevator at Souris, on the CPR Estevan Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Souris-Glenwood, was built in 1977 by Manitoba Pool Elevators, replacing an elevator destroyed by fire on 22 September 1976. It was later closed and its railway tracks were removed.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1929
H. A. Laidlaw
1929-1933
A. McKinnon
1933-1941
A. V. Staples
1941-1953
Harold Johnson
1953-1975
Raymond Sparrow
1975-1994
Roy W. Douglas
1994-1998
Wayne Suski
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator in Souris (August 2014)
Source: Jean McManus
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator in Souris (December 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator in Souris (August 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.62522, W100.25671
denoted by symbol on the map above
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
We thank Jean McManus and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 December 2020
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