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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lake of the Woods Grain Elevator (Regent, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)
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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A wooden grain elevator on the CPR Boissevain Subdivision in the Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester was built in 1913 by the Matheson Grain Company. Sold in 1918 to the Lake of the Woods Milling Company, it was destroyed by fire on 13 August 1944 and not rebuilt.
Agents / Buyers
Period
Agent / Buyer
1914-1916
Cliff Bowes
1917-1920
W. L. Fox
1921-1930
R. H. Fox
1931-1932
R. McDonald
1932-1933
Donald McCormick
1933-1934
Elevator closed
1935-1944
S. A. “Joe” Haskin
Photos & Coordinates
Three grain elevators at Regent: Manitoba Pool at left, Western Canada at middle, and Lake of the Woods at right (1930s)
Source: Barry More, Murray Brown
The Lake of the Woods grain elevator at Regent (no date)
Source: Barry More, Russel Lougheed family
The Lake of the Woods grain elevator at Regent on fire (August 1944) by W. L. Fox
Source: Barry MoreSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.34135, W100.31657
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator A / Private Grain Elevator (Regent, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Western Canada Grain Elevator / Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator B (Regent, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)
Sources:
Ogilvie Mills Fonds, MSS 120, Box 146, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Our Heritage by Regent Women’s Institute, c1967, pages 69-71. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.R44 Reg]
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Barry More.
Page revised: 3 March 2021
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