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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A 30,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at Angusville, on the CNR Rossburn Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West, was built in 1934 by Searle Grain. It replaced an elevator built in 1922 by the Liberty Grain Company that had been destroyed by fire on 13 April 1934. Its capacity was increased to 65,000 bushels in 1951 and to 110,000 bushels in 1961. The facility was sold to Federal Grain in 1967 then re-sold to Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1972. Closed in 1996, the railway tracks have since been removed but, at the time of a 2024 site visit, the building continues in use by a tire repair business.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1922-?
Howard Preston
?-?
Ernie Ridge
?-?
Taras Luba
?-?
Henry Woodkey
?-?
Tony Smilksy
?-1965
Wally Popowich
1965-1974
Harry Frank Popoff (1941-2017)
1974-1976
Ken Fleming
1976-1984
Dennis Oliver
1984-1988
Terry Bradco
1988-1996
Clarence Frieze
Aerial view of the grains elevators at Angusville (1957)
Source: Howdy McPhail Aerial Photographs, University of Saskatchewan Library, MG402, Town Series 4, Box 6, 34
The Federal grain elevator at Angusville (no date)
Source: Joel Bouchard
The Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Angusville (September 1985) by Lawrence Stuckey
Source: Lawrence Stuckey Collection, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University, 1-2002.3.3.CNR[257]
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Angusville (May 1998)
Source: George Penner
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Angusville (2014)
Source: Jean McManus
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Angusville (May 2016)
Source: Bernadine Brown
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Angusville (May 2019)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Angusville (August 2019)
Source: Steve Boyko
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Angusville (September 2024)
Source: Jean McManus
The former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Angusville (September 2024)
Source: Jean McManusSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.73665, W101.02675
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator / Federal Grain Elevator 2 / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Angusville, RM of Riding Mountain West)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: National Grain Elevator / Cargill Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator C (Angusville, RM of Riding Mountain West)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: British American Grain Elevator / National Grain Elevator / Cargill Grain Elevator (Angusville, RM of Riding Mountain West)
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Silver Creek History Book: Odds and Sods, 1884-1984 by the Silver Creek Historical Committee, 1983, page 21.
Obituary [Harry Frank Popoff], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 February 2017.
We thank Jean McManus, Bernadine Brown, George Penner, Steve Boyko, Cal Popoff, and Eileen Kent for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 April 2026
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