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The Western Canada Flour Mills originated in 1881 with the establishment of the A. Kelly Milling Company at Brandon by miller Andrew Kelly. In July 1903, it amalgamated with Parrish & Lindsay then, on 1 May 1905, with Lake Huron & Manitoba Milling Company to form Western Canada Flour Company. The founding executives included Kelly (President), Samuel McGaw (Vice-President and General Manager), Arthur Hills (Secretary), E. J. Barclay (Treasurer), A. J. Mitchell (Secretary), and Louis Lukes. It operated grain-processing mills at Goderich, Ontario (2,000 barrels per day of flour) and Brandon (400 barrels per day of flour and 150 barrels per day of oatmeal), and a salt works at Goderich (200 barrels per day of salt.)
In June 1940, the company sold its 41 remaining country elevators in Manitoba to the Manitoba Pool for $254,200. Another 20 elevators in Saskatchewan and 15 in Alberta were sold to other interests.
Presidents
Country Elevators (Manitoba)
Location |
No. |
Rail |
Built |
1936 Capacity
(bushels)
|
Comments |
Arden |
|
CPR |
1916 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Arrow River |
|
CPR |
1901 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940), traded to Federal Grain (1940) |
Austin |
|
CPR |
1901 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Belleview |
|
CNR |
1915 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Beresford |
|
CPR |
1925 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Brandon |
|
CPR |
? |
120,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Broomhill |
|
CPR |
? |
30,000 |
|
Brunkild |
|
CNR |
1928 |
35,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Carey |
|
CPR |
? |
25,000 |
|
Carnegie |
|
CPR |
? |
25,000 |
|
Clanwilliam |
|
CNR |
1908 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Coulter |
|
CPR |
? |
28,000 |
|
Croll |
|
CPR |
1913 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Cypress River |
|
CPR |
? |
30,000 |
|
Dalny |
|
CPR |
1910 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Domain |
|
CPR |
1918 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Eden |
|
CNR |
1927 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Elgin |
54 |
CNR |
c1912 |
40,000 |
|
Elm Creek |
|
CPR |
? |
25,000 |
Sold to Paterson Grain (1938), demolished (1938) |
Gilbert Plains |
|
CNR |
1910 |
27,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Giroux |
|
CNR |
1919 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Gladstone |
|
CNR |
1905 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Glenboro |
|
CPR |
? |
25,000 |
|
Glenella |
|
CNR |
1905 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Grandview |
|
CNR |
1905 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Hamiota |
|
CPR |
1929 |
35,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Harding |
|
CPR |
1902 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Hargrave |
|
CPR |
? |
30,000 |
|
Hartney |
|
CNR |
1909 |
35,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Headingley |
|
CPR |
1908 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Helston |
|
CNR |
1905 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Isabella |
|
CNR |
1910 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Katrime |
|
CNR |
1905 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Kelwood |
|
CNR |
1929 |
35,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Lavinia |
|
CNR |
1909 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Lowe Farm |
|
CNR |
1936 |
35,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
MacGregor |
|
CPR |
1909 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Makinak |
|
CNR |
1905 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Morris |
|
CNR |
? |
20,000 |
|
Neelin |
|
CNR |
1905 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Oakbank |
|
CPR |
1910 |
20,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Oakburn |
|
CNR |
1919 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Osborne |
|
CPR |
1918 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Pendennis |
|
CPR |
1905 |
25,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Plumas |
|
CNR |
? |
25,000 |
|
Regent |
|
CPR |
1914 |
30,000 |
Built by Western Canada Flour Mills (1914), sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Russell |
|
CNR |
1901 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Ste. Anne |
|
CNR |
? |
8,000 |
|
St. Boniface |
|
CPR |
? |
35,000 |
|
Springhill |
|
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
45,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Starbuck |
|
CPR |
1928 |
35,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Stonewall |
|
CPR |
1909 |
40,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Teulon |
|
CPR |
1920 |
35,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
Vista |
|
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
30,000 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1940) |
See Also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Western Canada Flour Mills / Purity Flour Mills / Maple Leaf Mills (440 Archibald Street, Winnipeg)
Sources:
“A mammoth milling plant,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 July 1905, page 2.
Western Canada Elevators, File 8, RG 4, Manitoba Pool Elevators fonds, Series B, Central Office Records, B.14, Acquisitions, Box 1: 1937-1977, S. J. McKee Archives.
Elevator Company Files [Temporary Box #1], Paterson Grain Company, John Everitt Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 December 2020
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