Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator A (Tilston, Municipality of Two Borders)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Tilston, on the CPR Alida Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Two Borders, was built between 1927 and 1928 by Manitoba Pool Elevatorson behalf of a local association. When an adjacent Lake of the Woods elevator was purchased in 1959, it became known as Pool A. Closed in 1976 due to a washed out bridge on the railway line, the elevator was sold for local grain storage.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1928-1929	D. A. Moore
1929-1946	Carman C. Miller
1946-1948	D. Stuart Lind
1948-1949	Lorne W. Duncan
1949-1950	D. Stuart Lind
1950-1952	L. W. Duncan
1952-1957	E. Brown Andrews
1957-1962	Lloyd G. Miller
1962-1968	Louis C. Deeley
1968-1969	Garry M. Kidd
1969-1969	Ronald N. Maryniuk
1969-1973	Arthur E. “Art” Godfrey
1973-1976	William E. “Ed” Lowton

Photos & Coordinates

Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator A at Tilston (August 1992) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 1991. Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator A at Tilston (September 2014) Source: Jean McManus Former coal shed at Manitoba Pool grain elevator A at Tilston (August 2016) Source: Jean McManus Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator A at Tilston (July 2018) Source: George Penner Aerial view of former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Tilston (August 2019) Source: Steve Boyko Interior of former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Tilston (September 2021) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.39202, W101.31749 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lake of the Woods Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Tilston, Municipality of Two Borders)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba

Sources:

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

Reflections of Time: A History of the R.M. of Albert by Albert History Book, 1984, page 166.

We thank Jean McManus, Steve Boyko, George Penner, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 October 2021

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