Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevators (McTavish, RM of Morris)

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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A 40,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at McTavish, on the CPR La Riviere Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Morris, was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1937. For increased storage capacity during the Second World War, two temporary balloon annexes were built in 1940-1941 and 1941-1942. They were replaced by a single crib annex built in 1966, joining an Overgaard annex built in 1954. Extensive renovations were made in 1970 and 1977, and a crib annex from Osborne was brought here in 1988. Closed by Agricore in 2002, the elevator was demolished in 2003.

Agents / Buyers

Period	Agent / Buyer
1937-1944	A. D. Miller
1944-1945	L. J. Ashworth
1945-1946	G. A. Poersch
1946-1947	L. J. Ashworth
1947-1958	Cliff Pattle
1958-1980	Ed Klassen
1980-1989	Wesley Cooper
1989-1998	Peter Friesen

Photos & Coordinates

Manitoba Pool grain elevator at McTavish (June 1992) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Grain Elevator Inventory, slide 2064 Manitoba Pool grain elevator at McTavish (1999) Source: George Penner Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at McTavish, which stood south of the larger elevator, now also removed from the site (July 2014) Source: Jean McManus Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.45897, W97.36901 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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

We thank Shelagh Poolie (Viterra), Jean McManus, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 December 2020

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