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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
In July 1930, lightning struck the two-year-old Manitoba Pool elevator at Clearwater, on the CPR Napinka Subdivision in the Municipality of Louise, destroying it along with 25,000 bushels of grain. A replacement with the same 40,000-bushel capacity was built in just over a month. Expanded with a temporary annex in 1951, a permanent addition came in 1969 with the construction of a crib annex on its east side, increasing the total capacity to 124,500 bushels. Closed by Agricore in October 2000, it was sold into private ownership and remains in use for local grain storage.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1932
J. A. McLean
1932-1951
John Mervin “Jack” Howatt (1907-2005)
1951-1956
Thomas Gordon Pickering (1919-1997)
1956-1979
W. T. L. “Vern” McBrien (1930-2012)
1979-1980
Brent McBrien
1980-1981
Wayne Brugger
1980-1987
L. C. ”Dick” Myers
1987-1988
Bevan Mayert
1988-1989
Jack Crompton
1989-1990
Barry Semple
1990-1991
Keith Saunders
1991-1998
Kendall Maxwell
1998-2000
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Aerial view of grain elevators at Clearwater (1988)
Source: Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Construction of crib annex beside Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clearwater (August 1969) by Earl Gordon Johnston
Source: Shelley Johnston-Frith
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clearwater (August 2014)
Source: Jean McManus
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clearwater (August 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Aerial view of the former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Clearwater (September 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.13269, W99.03949
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Federal Grain Elevator (Clearwater, Municipality of Louise)
“News in brief,” Brandon Sun, 9 July 1930, page 1.
“News in brief,” Brandon Sun, 15 August 1930, page 1.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Obituary [Thomas Gordon Pickering], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 April 1997, page 14.
“Agricore elevators in Baldur and Pilot Mound close November 30th,” Baldur Gazette News, 7 November 2000, page 1.
We thank Jean McManus, George Penner, and Shelley Johnston-Frith for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 October 2022
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