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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
c1904
30,000
New elevator (1908), sold to Paterson Grain (1916)
Beresford
c1904
30,000
Cartwright
c1904
25,000
Cypress River
c1904
35,000
Darlingford
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, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and John Everitt.
Page revised: 1 August 2023
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