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A 35,000-bushel grain elevator in Grandview, seen here in 1969, was built around 1920 by United Grain Growers. An annex built during the Second World War was used for nearly 40 years. In 1953, a new 70,000-bushel elevator was built beside the older elevator, replacing a flour shed and coal bins at the site. A 125,000-bushel cribbed annex was built beside the new elevator in 1961 and, 10 years later, the older elevator was repaired and converted to an annex. The wartime annex was demolished in 1981 and later the old elevator annex. The remaining structure closed on July 1, 2000 and was demolished in late November 2000. Grandview’s last elevator, built in 1950 by Manitoba Pool, was demolished in November 2009.
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PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: February 2017

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
At the time of this 1962 photo, Brunkild had three grain elevators, one operated by United Grain Growers and two by Manitoba Pool (A at left, B in the middle). The UGG agent was G. A. Angus while the Pools were managed by Gene Ferens (A) and Joseph Storey (B). Only the Pool A elevator survives today, in use by BESCO Grain.
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PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: December 2016

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
A wooden grain elevator at the railway siding of Newstead, five miles east of Souris along Highway No. 2, was built in 1936 by the McCabe Grain Company. Bought by United Grain Growers in 1968, the elevator was renovated and an annex was moved beside it from nearby Carroll. The facility was closed in June 1982 and removed from the site.
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PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: November 2016

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
The former Manitoba Pool elevator in Homewood still shows the spot where the sign once hung.
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Brandon University to save MPE archives

The treasure trove of historical documents are being ordered and catalogued


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A huge collection documenting the entire history of Manitoba Pool Elevators is being put in order through a project at Brandon University’s (BU) S.J. McKee Archives. Work began this fall to organize textual records in the large volume of documents known by archivists as fonds, but there’s much more work to process a huge volume
The first copy of Manitoba historian Gordon Goldsborough’s new book off the press.
Country Crossroads, Local news

New book highlights hidden gems of Manitoba’s history

Abandoned Manitoba: From Residential Schools to Bank Vaults 
to Grain Elevators takes readers to all-but-forgotten places of the past

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Some have heard of these places, but few have seen them let alone know the story they tell. Even locals shrug their shoulders, says historian Gordon Goldsborough who set out a few years ago to travel the province and find historic sites. His new book Abandoned Manitoba: From Residential Schools to Bank Vaults to Grain
In 1994, a new elevator was opened at La Riviere by Manitoba Pool, joining an annex built in 1980. In November 2004, both of them, along with three steel bins, were moved 14 miles north to Somerset and set beside an elevator built there in 1992, doubling its capacity. The facility is now in use by Delmar Commodities.
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PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: October 2016

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
This photo from 1962 shows the three elevators operating at Altamont at that time, including two United Grain Growers elevators with markedly different paint schemes, dating from 1905 (right, built by Ogilvie Flour Mills) and 1925 (centre). In the background is the CNR train station and a Federal Grain elevator taken over by Manitoba Pool in 1972. The 1905 elevator came down in 1967 and the 1925 elevator closed in 1993, while the Pool elevator closed in 1989. The elevators, and the men who operated them, are commemorated by two model elevators at the site.
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PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: September 2016

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
Country Crossroads, Local news

Bringing all of Manitoba’s local histories together

Manitoba Historical Society wants to digitize them to make them widely available and searchable

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The Historical Atlas of the East Reserve is the latest addition to a surprisingly large body of local Manitoba history books. The Manitoba Historical Society website lists over 500 local histories, arranged alphabetically by municipality. Those are the ones MHS knows about. The society believes there may be 1,200 such books out there altogether. Many
This 4,460-tonne elevator at Westroc Siding along the Yellowhead Highway northwest of Westbourne consists of two inter-connected wooden buildings. It was intended to serve the Amaranth, Langruth, and Longburn areas, whose elevators closed in 1984 due to rail line abandonment. The smaller 960-tonne wooden elevator to the northwest was moved from Langruth in late 1983 and renovated the following year. The larger 1,880-tonne wooden annex to the southeast was constructed in 1984. The metal silos were added in 1988. Once operated by Manitoba Pool, the facility was later sold to Delmar Commodities.
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PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: July 2016

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
Mallard Lodge has been undermined by waves 
and the windows are boarded up.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Former Delta Marsh Field Station

The area is one of many still dealing with the aftermath of floods

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It’s the fifth anniversary since the 2011 flood along Lake Manitoba, and two years since the 2014 flood. The high water may be gone but the effects linger on and will continue to do so for many years. Cottagers and homeowners whose property was destroyed or damaged are affected, and many are still at work

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