Manitoba Business: McLaughlin & Ellis

In 1902, this Winnipeg-based firm was established by Howard Douglas McLaughlin, Walter S. McLaughlin, and Allan Boyd Ellis. It operated grain elevators across western Canada until 1916 when its assets were sold to the Interior Elevator Company, later merged into Paterson Grain.

Country Elevators (Manitoba)

Location

Rail

Built

Capacity
(bushels)

Comments

Alexander

CPR

c1904

30,000

New elevator (1908), sold to Paterson Grain (1916)

Beresford

CPR

c1904

30,000

 

Cartwright

CPR

c1904

25,000

 

Cypress River

CPR

c1904

35,000

 

Darlingford

CPR

c1912

25,000

 

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Howard Douglas McLaughlin (1878-1949)

Memorable Manitobans: Allan Boyd Ellis (1863-1947)

Manitoba Business: McLaughlin Elevator Company

Sources:

“McLaughlin & Ellis,” Manitoba Free Press, 3 November 1902, page 15.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and John Everitt.

Page revised: 1 August 2023