Shellbrook

Colour photograph of three wooden grain elevators in a row with a preserved train station across from them.
Grain elevators in Shellbrook, SK, June 2016. Contributed by Mark Zulkoskey.

There are three grain elevators in Shellbrook, Saskatchewan – one former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and two former Pioneer elevators. The train station is also preserved but no trains run here any more.

Ex Saskatchewan Wheat Pool grain elevator in Shellbrook, June 2016. Contributed by Mark Zulkoskey.
Pioneer grain elevators in Shellbrook, SK, undated. Contributed by Mark Zulkoskey.

Historical Photos of Shellbrook

Aerial photo of Shellbrook, SK, 1950s by H.D. McPhail. Credit: University of Saskatchewan, University Archives and Special Collections, MG402, Town Series 2, Box 4, 046A.

This amazing aerial photo of Shellbrook, SK shows five grain elevators were present in the 1950s. Left to right are: Pioneer, Pioneer, Searle, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, and Federal. Note the mixed passenger train at the train station.

Compare that with the photo below, also from the McPhail collection at the University of Saskatchewan. This one has six grain elevators and presumably was taken earlier than the photo above. There was another elevator between the Searle and the first Pioneer elevator.

Aerial photo of Shellbrook, SK, 1950s by H.D. McPhail. Credit: University of Saskatchewan, University Archives and Special Collections, MG402, Town Series 1, Box 1, 288.

One more photo from the McPhail collection. This shows the six elevators as Pioneer, Pool, Pioneer, Searle, Pool, Federal.

Aerial photo of Shellbrook, SK, 1950s by H.D. McPhail. Credit: University of Saskatchewan, University Archives and Special Collections, MG402, Town Series 3, Box 5, 227.

The following two photographs were taken in Shellbrook on August 23, 1982 by an unknown photographer. The first shows the Pioneer grain elevator with cylindrical Government of Canada grain hoppers.

Pioneer grain elevator with cylindrical grain hopper cars
Pioneer grain elevator, Shellbrook, SK, Aug 1982. Contributed by Steve Boyko.

The next photo shows the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool “B” grain elevator, with CN grain boxcars.

Wooden grain elevator with grain boxcars
Pool “B” grain elevator, Shellbrook, SK, Aug 1982. Contributed by Steve Boyko.

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