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Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Otterburne, RM of De Salaberry)
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A wooden grain elevator at Otterburne, on the CPR Emerson Subdivision in the Rural Municipality of De Salaberry, was built in 1897 by the Northern Elevator Company. It was sold in 1918 to United Grain Growers and operated under lease, from 1919 to 1922, by a cooperative of local farmers. UGG took over its operation in 1922. Dismantled and rebuilt in 1935, at a capacity of 30,000 bushels, two temporary annexes were built beside it during the Second World War. One was torn down in 1945 and the other was sold in 1948 to a local curling club. The elevator was closed in July 1971 and demolished in April 1972.
Agents / Buyers
Period
Agent / Buyer
1918-1920
C. E. Matthews
1920-1922
?
1922-1923
C. E. Matthews
1923-1924
Closed
1925-1926
Charles Main
1926-1927
Al Paulhus
1927
C. E. Matthews
1928-1929
William Langrill
1929-1930
Charles E. Jameault (?-1984)
1930-1933
C. E. Matthews
1934-1943
J. S. Thomas
1943-1949
M. A. Rigby
1949-1954
M. A. Kelly
1955-1958
Royd Dalton Cornock (1923-2004)
1958-1960
George Allen Capon (1918-1996)
1960-1967
Norval George Taylor (1902-1991)
1967-1969
A. Phil Gallant
1969-1971
R. Harold Watts
Photos & Coordinates
United Grain Growers grain elevator at Otterburne (1962)
Source: Agricore United Engineering Department, Tom Price (Mgr), provided by Glenn Dickson (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)Site Coordinates (lat/long): UNKNOWN
denoted by symbol on the map above
Sources:
United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Obituary [George Allen Capon], Baldur Gazette News, 10 September 1996, page 7.
Obituary [Royd Dalton Cornock], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 November 2004.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 November 2020
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