The small town of Sinclair in western Manitoba has one grain elevator. The Sinclair grain elevator is a former Manitoba Pool grain elevator, now privately owned by a person in Melita.
The elevator was severely damaged in a wind storm over the night of June 15-16, 2024 and will likely be demolished. The cupola was initially damaged on July 1 2023, but the June 2024 storm finished it off.
This elevator consists of a central elevator with an attached annex, and a covered driveway on the non-rail side. The elevator had a siding on the CP Arcola subdivision. CP has since abandoned this section of track.
The elevator was listed in the Canadian Grain Commission’s directory until 2001 with a capacity of 4,240 tonnes.
The elevator was in use for private grain storage.
There was at least one other elevator in Sinclair in the past. This photo shows what may be a Lake of the Woods grain elevator in 1909. I’m told there was a UGG elevator as well.
Sinclair is near the edge of the Bakken oil fields, and there are oil wells nearby.
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