A stone monument in Dugald, in the Rural Municipality of Springfield, was erected in July 1967 by the Springfield Agricultural Society. It commemorates the first shipment of wheat from Manitoba, aboard a Red River steamboat, on 21 October 1876.
The Red Fife wheat was grown by 12 farmers: G. R. Miller (Kildonan, 204 bushels), H. Soar (St. John, 154 bushels), Robert Black (Springfield, 102 bushels), D. McDonald (Springfield, 94 bushels), J. W. Carleton (Clear Spring, 80.17 bushels), John Spear (Springfield, 44 bushels), John Reich (St. Paul, 40 bushels), F. Dick (Springfield, 35 bushels), Alexander Gibson (Springfield, 33 bushels), T. B. Robinson (Rockwood, 32 bushels), Neil McLeod (Victoria, 22 bushels), and John McIvor (Greenwood, 17.75 bushels).
The shipment was consigned by Higgins & Young of Winnipeg to Steele Brothers of Toronto, Ontario.
Springfield Grain Growers Monument (March 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Location (lat/long): N49.88610, W96.84028
denoted by symbol on the map above
“The first shipment of grain from Manitoba,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 October 1876, page 3.
This page was prepared by George Penner.
Page revised: 31 July 2024
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