Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator / Federal Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Angusville, RM of Riding Mountain West)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A wooden grain elevator at Angusville, on the CNR Rossburn Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West, was built in 1934 by United Grain Growers, replacing an elevator that had burned earlier that year. It was sold to Federal Grain in October 1968 then re-sold to Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1972. Closed in 1996, the railway tracks have since been removed but the building continues in use by a private company.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1934-1965	?
1965-1974	Harry Frank Popoff (1941-2017)
1974-1976	Ken Fleming
1976-1984	Dennis Oliver
1984-1988	Terry Bradco
1988-1996	Clarence Frieze

Photos & Coordinates

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 Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.73665, W101.02675 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

Obituary [Harry Frank Popoff], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 February 2017.

We thank Jean McManus, Bernadine Brown, George Penner, Steve Boyko, and Cal Popoff for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 31 March 2021

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