Manitoba Grain Elevators

The Grain Elevators
of Manitoba, Canada


AlbertaSaskatchewan

Return to The Grain Elevators 
of Western Canada
This site is a collection of Grain Elevators from Western Canada.
They were submitted to me by Art Grieve and his sister in-law Elizabeth Grieve.
They have collected these picture during their travels around the area.
Many of these elevators are no longer standing
You are invited to submit any picture that you have that fit any of these pages.
E mail me
johnmacdoanld@summerville-novascotia.com
A brief history of the Grain Elevators of Western Canada
The grain elevators in Western Canada have for years been referred to as prairie icons, prairie cathedrals or prairie sentinels and have become a visual symbol of what farming in this part of the country is all about. There were as many  as 5758 in 1933. These grain elevators dominated the prairie landscape for more than a century with every community having at least one.
They were the first step in a grain trading process that moves the grain from producer to worldwide markets. The first grain elevator was a strictly utilitarian building considered by anyone that viewed them to be anything but that.
They were designed for one purpose, getting the grain into railway boxcars. The farmers, who at first shoveled their grain into 2-bushel sacks which they then transported to a loading platform along the rail line. There, they emptied the sacks into a waiting boxcar, a back-breaking and inefficient job. They needed something much better if the west was to grow. A means of storing and shipping grain quickly, This brought about the small, one-storey wood frame warehouses erected by farmers. The railways demanded larger, vertical warehouses that could take advantage of gravity to empty the grain and a mechanism known as the “leg” was devised, an endless belt with cups or scoops attached, was devised to load the grain in the elevators. This leg is what gave the name to and determined the shape of the grain elevator.
Today many of these grain elevators are being dismantled and removed from the landscape. Railway lines are being abandoned and the railways want them removed for safety reason.
Many of the grain elevators shown on this site are no longer in existence.
It’s just another sign of progress.
I hope that you enjoy your visit to this site and can appreciate
Art Grive’s work in keeping some of these alive.
For a more detailed history of the Grain Elevators plese go to the following site .
The Canadian Encyclopedia (Grain Elevators)

Niverville MB c.1878
Holland MB 1919
 CP Train wreck at Douglas MB. 1960’s
This picture taken and submitted James Booth, Willingdon AB
CP Train wreck at Douglas MB. 1960’s
This picture was submitted James Booth, Willingdon AB

 Angusville MB Austin MB
 Baldur MB Beausejour MB
 Bellsite MB Buelah MB
 Birch River MB Birdtail MB
 Birtle MB Bloom MB
 Boissevain MB Bowsman MB
 Brandon MB Brunkhild MB
 Burnside MB Carey MB
 Clanwilliam MB Clearwater MB
 Coulter MB Cromer MB
 Crystal City MB Culross MB
 Cypress River MB Dalny MB
 Dauphin MB Domain MB
 Dugald MB Dugald MB
 Dufresne MB Dufresne MB
 Dunrea MB Dutton MB
 Elgin MB Elgin MB
 Elie MB Elkhorn MB
 Ethelbert MB Fork River MB
 Forrest MB Gladstone MB
 Glass MB Glenella MB
 Goodland MB Grandview MB
 Hargrave MB Hartney MB
 Holland MB Homewood MB
 Hope Farm MB Huron Colony
 Isabella MB Jordan MB
 Kane MB Katrime MB
 Killarney MB LaRiviere MB
 LaSalle MB Lena MB
 Letellier MB Lowe Farm MB
 Lyleton MB Makinak MB
 Manitou MB Mariapolis MB
 Marqette MB Marquette MB
 McCreary MB Meadows MB
 Medora MB Melita MB
 Melita MB Mentmore MB
 Morden MB Morris MB
Morden MB courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
 Nesbitt MBNatley MB

 Newdale MB Ninga MB
 Niverville MB Oak River MB
 Oakburn MB Oakville MB
 Plum Coulee MB Reston MB
 Rivers MB Rossburn MB
 Rosser MB Russell MB
 Sandy Lake MB Sanford MB
 Silverton MB Sinclair MB
 Sommerset MBSperling MB 
 St Jean Baptiste MB Ste Agathe MB
 Steele Bridge Farm Swan Lake MB
 Swan River MB Teulon MB
 Warren MB Waskada MB
 Westroc MB Winkler MB
 Winnipeg MB Winnipegosis MB

 Alexander MB
 Angusville MB
 Austin MB
 Baldur MB
Beausejour MB courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
 Bellsite MB
 Bellsite MB
 Between Oak Lake and Alexander MB
 Between Oak Lake and Alexander MB
 Beulah MB
 Birtch River MB
 Birdtail MB
 Bloom MB
 Boissevain MB
 Boissevain MB
 Bowsman MB
 Brandon MB
 Brunkhild MB
 Brunkhild MB
 Burnside MB
 Carey MB
 Cartwright MB
 Clanwilliam MB
 Clearwater MB
 Coulter MB
 Coulter MB
 Cromer MB
 Crystal City MB
 Cypress River MB
 Cypress River MB
 Dalny MB
 Dauphin MB
 Dauphin MB Cargill
 Deloraine MB
 Deloraine MB
 Domain MB
 Dunrea MB
 Dutton MB
Elgin MB

 Elgin MB
 Elie MB
 Elkhorn MB
 Ethelbert MB
 Farm at Gordon MB
 Farm at Silverton MB
 Farm High Bluff MB
 Farm near Oakville MB
 Farm West of Brandon MB
 Fork River MB
 Forrest MB
 Fredensthal MB Viterra
 Gilbert Plains MB
 Gladstone MB
Gladstone MB courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
 Glenbore MB
 Glenella MB
 Glenella MB
 Goodland MB
 Grandview MB
 Graysville MB
 Hargrave MB
 Hartney MB
 Holland MB
 Holland MB
 Homewood MB
 Hope Farm MB
 Inglis MB Heritage Site
 Inglis MB Heritage Site
 Inglis MB Heritage Site
 Inglis MB Heritage Site
 Inglis MB Heritage Site
 Inglis MB Heritage Site
 Inglis MB Heritage Site
 Isabella MB
 James River Colony MB
 James River Colony MB
 Jordan MB
 Kane MB

 Katrime MB
 Kenville West MB
 Killarney MB
 LaRiviere MB
 LaSalle MB
 Lac du Bonnett MB
 Lac du Bonnett MB
 Lena MB
 Letellier MB
 Letellier MB Viterra
 Letellier MB Viterra
 Libau MB
 Lockport MB
 Lowe Farm MB
 Lyleton MB
 Makinak MB
 Manitou MB
 Mariapolis MB
 McConnell MB
 McConnell MB
 McCreary MB
  McCreary MB
 Medora MB
 Melita MB
 Mentmore MB
 Minto MB
 Morden MB
 Morris MB
 Morris MB Cargill
 Morris MB Cargill
 Morris MB Patterson
 Morris MB Patterson
Neepawa MB  courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
 Nesbitt MB
 Netley MB
 Newdale MB
 Ninga MB
 North of McDonald MB
 North of Swan River MB
 Oak River MB
 Oakburn MB
 Oakville MB
 Oakville MB
 Oakville MB
 Pierson MB
Pierson MB

 Plum Coulee MB
 Plum Coulee MB
 Portage la Prairie MB Can Oat
 Portage la Prairie MB Viterra
 Reston MB
 Rivers MB
 Roblin MB
 Rossburn MB
 Rosser MB Vitera
 Russell MB
 Sandy Lake MB
 Sanford MB
 Sanfrod MB
 Sanford MB
Selkirk MB courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
 Shoal Lake MB
 Silverton MB
 Sinclair MB
 Somerset MB
 Souris MB
 Sperling MB
Ste. Anne MB courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
 St Jean Baptiste MB Manitoba Pool Elevator
 St Jean Baptiste MB Manitoba Pool Elevator
 Ste Agathe MB
 Ste Agathe MB Pool Elevator
 Steel Bridge Farms MB
 Swan River MB
 Teulon MB
 Tilston MB
 Tilston MB
 Tyndal MB
 Waskada MB
 Waskada MB
 West of Elie MB
 Westroc MB
 Winkler MB
 Winkler MB
Winkler MB courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
 Winnipeg MB Cargill
 Winnipeg MB
 Winnipeg MB Dominion Malting
 Winnipeg MB Paterson
 Winnipeg MB Vitera
 Winnipeg MB courtesy of Elizabeth Grieve
 Winnipegosis MB
 Winnipegosis MB
 Winnipegosis MB