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A wooden grain elevator and annex at Myrtle, on the CNR Miami Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Roland, was built in 1928 and operated by United Grain Growers. The complex was closed and demolished in 1984 after a new, larger elevator was opened at nearby Roland.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1911-1918
Charles Chester Purse (1881-1930)
1918-1920
George H. Martin
1920-1923
Fred Denson
1923-1928
Alex Angus
1928-1929
J. S. Thomas
1929-1950
Alexander “Alex” Angus (1885-1965)
1950-1957
J. E. Thody
1957-1966
G. S. Topley
1966-1969
R. H. Gyoerick
1969-1971
Angus MacAuley
1971-1972
R. Harold Watts
1972-1975
Ed A. Hildebrand
1975-1979
Randy Fox
1979-1982
Larry Klassen
1982-1984
Joe Irwin
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Myrtle (1966)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Myrtle (1972)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Myrtle (no date)
Source: Julie HarrisSite Location (lat/long): N49.35445, W97.83739
denoted by symbol on the map above
Death registration [Charles Chester Purse], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
United Grain Growers Fonds, MSS76, Box 59, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Digital orthophotographs, Manitoba Land Initiative, Government of Manitoba.
We thank Julie Harris and Ian Angus for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Glenn Dickson.
Page revised: 3 May 2021
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