A 30,000-bushel wooden grain elevator at the Woodland Hutterite Colony in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands was built at Grosse Isle around 1912 by the Manitoba Grain Commission. It was later operated successively by United Grain Growers (two years), Smith Murphy and Company (two years), Arthur John Lobb (1918-1920), Wiley Low and Company (1920-1932), and Federal Grain. In July 1971, after the elevator had closed, it was moved to this site where it was still standing as of mid-2018.
The Federal Grain elevator at Grosse Isle (1970) by Helen Harris
Source: Terry Borthistle
The former Federal Grain elevator from Grosse Isle at the Woodland Hutterite Colony (May 2018)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Location (lat/long): N50.09574, W97.92858
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Federal Grain Elevator (Grosse Isle, RM of Rockwood)
We thank Terry Borthistle for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 May 2024
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