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A wooden grain elevator in Oak Lake, on the CPR Broadview Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of Sifton, was constructed in 1928 by Manitoba Pool Elevators. A 45,000-bushel Overgaard annex was built beside it in 1951. Closed in December 1988, the elevator was used for private grain storage for a time. The office and driveshed were still standing as of 2014. Only the concrete foundations were left as of 2016.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1928-1946
Vincent Oswald Hollier (1877-1948)
1946-1959
Harry A. “Hank” Lyle (c1895-1975)
1959-1962
Donald McKinnon
1962-1972
Lloyd Henry Hackman (1922-1991)
1972-1988
R. Murray Hagyard
The Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oak Lake with its newly constructed balloon annex (1951)
Source: Earl Sande
Aerial view of the Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oak Lake (1987)
Source: S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oak Lake (August 1986)
Source: John Everett Collection JSE-0217, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oak Lake (July 1988)
Source: John Everett Collection JSE-0020, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University
Concrete foundations for the Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Oak Lake (2016)
Source: Barry FlettSite Location (lat/long): N49.76545, W100.63267
denoted by symbol on the map above
Manitoba Pool Fonds & John Everett Collection, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
“Elevator battle looming,” Brandon Sun, 15 August 1988, page 3.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Barry Flett, Bill Sutherland, and Earl Sande for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 March 2021
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