Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Stonewall)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A composite grain elevator at Stonewall, on the CPR Arborg Subdivision, was opened officially in September 1968 by Manitoba Pool Elevators, replacing an earlier elevator from 1928. Closed by Agricore in October 2000, the facility was demolished in July 2003.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1928-1931	T. A. Wright
1931-1940	?
1940-1949	Horace Roy Hipwell (1894-1951)
1949-1956	Edward Burritt Connor (1920-2002)
1956-1971	Dennis Albert Corder (1922-1984)
1971-1980	E. Roy De’Ath
1980-1984	Alan R. Wilson
1984-1985	William Thiessen
1985-1994	Dean A. Couvier
1994-1998	Garry Gulak
1998-2000	?

Photos & Coordinates

The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Stonewall (no date) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Stonewall (no date) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Site Location (lat/long): N50.13036, W97.31989 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.

“Pool elevator under construction,” Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times, 3 July 1968, page 1.

“Manitoba farmers’ future lies in meat, not wheat,” Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times, 11 September 1968, page 1.

“Falling down,” Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times, 28 July 2003, page 1.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Matt Bialek and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 July 2021

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