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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Dufrost, RM of De Salaberry)

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A wooden grain elevator at Dufrost, on the CPR Emerson Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of De Salaberry, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1950, replacing an earlier elevator from 1928. A crib annex was built beside it in 1967 and a second annex was moved from Carey in 1984. Closed by Agricore in early 2001, the elevator was demolished in 2004.

Agents / Buyers

Period

Agent / Buyer

1928-1929

J. A. Bossey

1929-1930

H. Lauziere

1930-1937

K. W. Grant

1937-1939

Fred Helgason

1939-1940

George Edward Simmie

1940-1941

Reginald Grundy (1903-1961)

1941-1942

R. M. McAlinden

1942-1951

Oscar Rochon (1911-1971)

1951-1963

Paul E. Turenne

1963-1991

Adrien Louis Kolly (1931-2016)

1991-1997

George Thevenot

1997-1998

Darrell Godard

Photos & Coordinates

Aerial view of grain elevators at Dufrost

Aerial view of grain elevators at Dufrost (1993)
Source: Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University

Manitoba Pool grain elevator, with a Paterson Grain elevator in the background, at Dufrost

Manitoba Pool grain elevator, with a Paterson Grain elevator in the background, at Dufrost (June 1992)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2331.

Manitoba Pool grain elevator, with a Paterson Grain elevator in the background, at Dufrost

Manitoba Pool grain elevator, with a Paterson Grain elevator in the background, at Dufrost (June 1992)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2332.

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.36109, W97.05234
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Paterson Grain Elevator (Dufrost, RM of De Salaberry)

Sources:

Obituary [Reginald Grundy], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 November 1961, page 27.

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

Obituary [Adrien Louis Kolly], Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 2016.

We thank Shelagh Poolie (Viterra Inc.) and Jim Robertson for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 September 2019

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