Shoal Lake

Two of Shoal Lake, Manitoba's grain elevators, Apr 2017. Contributed by Steve Boyko.
Two of Shoal Lake, Manitoba’s grain elevators, Apr 2017. Contributed by Steve Boyko.

The town of Shoal Lake, Manitoba has three grain elevators:

  1. An ex UGG grain elevator
  2. An ex Manitoba Pool grain elevator
  3. A concrete Pioneer grain elevator

UGG

Ex UGG grain elevator at Shoal Lake, MB, Nov 2014. Contributed by Steve Boyko.
Ex UGG grain elevator at Shoal Lake, MB, Nov 2014. Contributed by Steve Boyko.

There is an ex UGG grain elevator in Shoal Lake. The main elevator was opened in 1981, around the same time as the UGG elevators in Newdale, Norman and Mariapolis. Note that it has a smaller grain elevator as an annex, likely the previous UGG grain elevator in Shoal Lake.

Wooden grain elevators in Shoal Lake
UGG Shoal Lake grain elevator, April 1992. Copyright by Donald Hamilton.

UGG also had a former Federal grain elevator in Shoal Lake. It was demolished some time after 1970.

Shoal Lake UGG grain elevator, 1970. Copyright by Donald Hamilton.
Shoal Lake UGG grain elevator, 1970. Copyright by Donald Hamilton.

Manitoba Pool

Ex Manitoba Pool grain elevator in Shoal Lake, MB, Nov 2014. Contributed by Steve Boyko.
Ex Manitoba Pool grain elevator in Shoal Lake, MB, Nov 2014. Contributed by Steve Boyko.

The rectangular grain elevator in Shoal Lake was built by the Manitoba Pool in the mid 1970s.

Manitoba Pool grain elevator in Shoal Lake, MB
Pool grain elevator in Shoal Lake, April 1992. Copyright by Donald Hamilton.

Pioneer

Richardson Pioneer grain elevator in Shoal Lake, MB, Nov 2014. Contributed by Steve Boyko.
Richardson Pioneer grain elevator in Shoal Lake, MB, Nov 2014. Contributed by Steve Boyko.

Richardson Pioneer owns a grain elevator on the edge of town in Shoal Lake, Manitoba. This elevator has a capacity of 39,000 tonnes of grain.

The elevator can receive 112 rail cars from the CP Bredenbury subdivision.

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