Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Beaver, Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

An elevator at Beaver, on the CNR Gladstone Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, was built by United Grain Growers in 1935 to replace a predecessor from 1915. Initially rated at 30,000 bushels, its capacity was increased by two balloon annexes intended as a temporary measure during the Second World War. One of them survived until 1971. The crib annex on the other side of the elevator was built in June 1958. Closed suddenly in mid-September 1988, the elevator was removed from the site.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1917-1920	J. J. Harrison
1920-1921	Oliver Bryant Lang (1890-1921)
1921-1921	W. E. Cook
1921-1922	J. N. Wemyss
1922-1923	Glover Stinson
1923-1924	John McCall
1924-1925	J. C. Dillabough
1925-1926	William Dickie
1926-1927	J. H. Lamont
1927-1927	Ralph Chisholm
1928-1928	W. J. Wilson
1929-1931	Jack Galloway
1931-1934	B. Richardson
1934-1939	Adne Ruben Graham (1911-1987)
1939-1942	Glen C. Cryderman
1942-1945	J. McCrea
1945-1956	Norman L. Johnson
1956-1960	John Courtenay “Court” Denham (1905-1983)
1960-1962	K. J. Armstrong
1962-1968	C. S. Smith
1968-1973	Glenn J. Wright
1973-1980	M. G. Turner
1980-1984	Ron Rankin
1984-?	John Wright

Photos & Coordinates

United Grain Growers grain elevator at Beaver (1961) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) United Grain Growers grain elevator at Beaver (1969) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) United Grain Growers grain elevator at Beaver (1969) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) United Grain Growers grain elevator at Beaver (1981) Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections) Site Location (lat/long): N50.06034, W98.69549 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“UGG closure of elevator catches farmers off guard,” Brandon Sun, 16 September 1988, page 3.

Gladstone East topographic map, 62J/3 East, Edition 1, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].

Death registration [John Courtenay Denham], British Columbia Vital Statistics.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

Grain Elevators in Canada, compiled by Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada, Winnipeg, 1912-1930, 1930-1953, 1953-1998 [Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries], 1998-2016 [Canadian Grain Commission].

United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Glenn Dickson.

Page revised: 12 September 2021

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