A wooden grain elevator at La Riviere, on the CPR La Riviere Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Pembina, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators between February and October 1994, joining an annex from 1990 that had been part of a prior elevator built in 1980. Closed around 2001, the elevator, annex, and three steel tanks were moved to Somerset in November 2004.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1930
A. V. Staples
1930-1931
Arthur James Whidden (1885-1942)
1931-1935
C. E. Morfitt
1935-1936
F. H. Kristjanson
1936-1942
P. A. Johnstone
1942-1949
F. H. McKenzie
1949-1953
Clifford C. Douglas
1953-1964
Thomas S. Mooney
1964-1966
A. D. Wiebe
1966-1971
L. C. “Dick” Myers
1971-1972
Walter C. “Wally” McMillan
1972-1974
Brian F. Carson
1974-1975
Harry Frank Popoff (1941-2017)
1975-1981
L. C. “Dick” Myers
1981-1998
Steven Yeomans
1998-2001
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Aerial view of the Manitoba Pool grain elevator at La Riviere (1995)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at La Riviere (July 2004)
Source: Justin De Baets
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at La Riviere being prepared for transport (October 2004)
Source: Justin De Baets
Manitoba Pool elevator from La Riviere being moved to Somerset (November 2004)
Source: Chris ThompsonSite Location (lat/long): N49.23983, W98.68084
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Delmar Commodities Grain Elevator (Somerset, Municipality of Lorne)
Digital orthophotographs, Manitoba Land Initiative, Government of Manitoba.
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Obituary [Harry Frank Popoff], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 February 2017.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Chris Thompson, and Justin De Baets.
Page revised: 31 March 2021
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