Grain Elevators of Saskatchewan Photo Gallery by Mike Stobbs at pbase.com

Grain Elevators of Saskatchewan

All images in this gallery are for sale. Contact me at impala.ss@shaw.ca for sizing and prices.
Enjoy and thanks for looking......Mike
NOTE IMAGES ARE WEB PROOFS ONLY ALL IMAGES ARE PRINTED AT THE LAB ON HIGH QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPERS

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ME!!!	Abbey SK July 2010	Aberdeen SK May 2006	Aberdeen SK May 2006	Admiral SK Aug 2006
Admiral SK Aug 2006	Alida SK May 2007	Allan SK May 2006	Ardill SK June 2007	Allan SK May 2006
Allan SK May 2006	Aneroid SK Aug 2006	Aneroid SK Aug 2006	Antler SK Aug. 2009	On a Private Farm North of Antler SK. Aug 2009
Arcola SK Aug 2006	Arcola SK Aug 2006	Pioneer Annex On A Farm West Of Arcola SK Aug 2006	Remains of the Ardath SK Elevator May 2006	The Remains of the Ardath Sk Elevator May 2006
Asquith SK May 2006	Asquith SK May 2006	Asquith SK May 2006	Assiniboia SK Jan 2006	Assiniboia SK Jan 2007
Assiniboia SK Jan 2007	AMF Oct. 2010	Avonlea SK March 2006	Aylesbury SK Sept 2005	Aylesbury SK July 2006

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Guest		04-May-2013 02:46
You've done a wonderful job of recording some of the old type of elevators I knew as a child. I only wish you could have captured a photo of the three of these "old girls" that once were the identifying point on the flat landscape of Renown, Sask, where I grew up. An aunt of mine has an old portrait done from a photo of the trio. They were pulled down many years before you began your photo journal. Thanks for the memories!

Kim Valentine		30-Nov-2012 06:50
Mike, it was really nice to meet you. I love your talent & am so happy that you've captured these old elevators around Saskatchewan ~ Pennant, Battrum & up the line of highway 32. They are very familiar to me. Also familiar, are the elevators along the #1 highway to the Eastern border. I'm so thrilled you captured the Flemming elevator before it burned down. I was also happy to meet you, the photographer that took the pictures of Bob Jones' antique automobiles. Bob's been a long time family friend. Hope to see you around Mosiac Moose Jaw the rest of the weekend during the 2012 Canada Cup for Curling. I'll be checking back for updates on your site!

Guest		24-Aug-2012 02:13
Guest, Una What a diverse collection. It has enabled me to add many more photos to my album. I was somewhat disappointed not to see elevators of the many towns, villages, etc. along Highway 41. It would be a hard task, I know, as many of the elevators have either fallen apart from neglect or have been removed to make way for other projects - Highway 41 for instance. Since this is my 'home' it is disappointing - but - who would have thought 25 years ago that most of the scenery would change so drastically? Thanks for your jpegs - they are appreciated and shared with others who are of the 'farming families'.

The Heritage man		28-Jul-2012 10:50
Very impressive gallery you have here Mike. You must have travelled a lot to find these, not to mention the research this takes. Congratulations with the result. P.S. thanks for your comment.

Peggy W		07-May-2012 00:34
What a great gallery!! We even had to break out the map...some of these small towns we had never heard of....thanks for the geography lesson :) BV

Gisele		18-Mar-2012 18:11
I have a photo of the Zenon Park elevator. Are we able to submit ?

Guest		27-Jan-2012 22:45
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Guest		27-Jan-2012 22:44
it was really good

Guest		27-Jan-2012 22:44
it was really good

Guest		27-Jan-2012 22:44
it was really good

Guest		27-Jan-2012 22:44
it was really good

Guest		27-Jan-2012 22:44
it was really good

Guest		18-Nov-2011 19:39
it is great to see you preservethe past.As we age we learn to appreciate the true images of our past.It is nice to look back and remember a simpler time

Dwayne Larson		15-Oct-2011 05:05
From Minnesota But Went to 'Grammas & Pa's & Uncles, Larson Farm Near Verwood, Willow Bunch, St.Victor, Assiniboia, Willows, Readlyn Saskatchewan Virtually Every Summer for The First 20yrs of Life + 43yrs = 63yrs--& On Over to Woodrow, LaFleche-etc.Those Pictures Move My Spirit & Cleanse My Soul From What Ails Me. So Moving! Yeah! I Wish I Was Moving Up There Into God's Country! When We Would Come Up From MN, Saskatchewan Looked Like Film Footage From Dr.Zhivago, But Warmer & Nicer. The Saskatchewan Skyline of 'Guess Who's' Wheatfield Soul! Thank You! God Bless!

Neal		06-Aug-2011 16:23
Awesome site. I worked for SK. Wheat Pool , plus-P & H. I love "them" old wooden grain elevators!

effildIncitle		11-Jun-2011 12:30
Very Interesting Blog! Thank You For Thi Post!

guest		02-Jun-2011 01:58
I am a woman without words....you have captured my prairies. Thank you!grace

Lois Friesen		26-Apr-2011 01:37
Lois Friesen(nee Paisley) Thanks for all the work you have done. My Dad worked in the Federal Elevator in Glen Ewen. They were always good memories of the times when the Communities were still busling withactivities. I do have some old pictures of the Eleavtors if you would like copies.

Mary		01-Mar-2011 18:19
Mary in Alberta I so regret the passing of an era. thank you so much for the wonderful documenting of this nostalgic and memorable history. It's a sad fact that families and values have changed so much. you have captured the essence of Saskatchewan life of the past and present.

D Schlemko		27-Nov-2010 12:57
Do you have any pictures and memoirs of Scotsguard and Instow elevators? Thjese I'm really interested in. Good work, it is so nice to see all the work you have done. My late husband would have been so interested in this.

Barbara Read and Fred Schaad		03-Nov-2010 02:27
Wow! Voted

Marilyn		27-Oct-2010 01:50
oh what memories,I left home in59 and my home and town are all gone except the 3 elevators in Richlea so sad that way of life and the small family farms have disappeared.my dad had a elevator in Richlea and it fell over inthe 20's I believe. thank you and keep up the good work.

Guest		26-Oct-2010 03:10
Yes truly great images. But what about the elevators moved away, or destroyed, from 1960 to 1980? An example is Pickthanll, Sask. which completely disappeared when its elevator was moved away from Highway #2 between Scout Lake and Willows. I think the Willows and Maxstone elevators were also moved away. Result: no more villages!

Teresa Zieba		23-Oct-2010 19:59
Fantastic site with tons of history Keep it going.

Jan Joynt		19-Sep-2010 18:22
Do you happen to have a picture of Kipling, Fairlight elevators on the CNR tracks. I grew up near these extinct giants. My sister paints some of these old elevators. Great collection you have keep up the good work at preserving our history. JJ

Carl Lueke		24-Jul-2010 04:33
I am one of the owners of an elevator pictured on here and wanted to correct your information. The WM Lueke and Sons grain elevator by Guernsey wasn't moved from Guernsey, it was moved from the town of Attica. Which was located between Lanigan and Burr. It was moved by Crestman farms who were the previous owners of the land it is now located on.

allan perry		14-Mar-2010 03:42
Lived in Arcola. Loved the elevators. Dinosaurs I know but very emotional.Great job.

Joyce (Reichert) Mikulcik		03-Feb-2010 05:49
Great work.Brings back many memories of the days when we lived in Glenside which had six in its prime. I did haul grain into those towering giants. This tells you I was young when I did. Joyce (Reichert) Mikulcik

Wayne Collins		07-Dec-2009 19:27
Wonderful to find you on the net. I am an old guy who left SASK in 1965, but used to farm with my grandparents near AVONLEA and ROULEAU. Have been enjoying all the CORNER GAS episodes on DVD. Am also interested in an N scale model elevator for my beginners train set. Any chance you can do one of the older Wheat Pool with AVONLEA on the name?

Jim Radke		04-Oct-2009 02:02
Jim Radke (GEAK - grain elevator agent's kid). My father operated the Pool elevator at Millerdale Sask- 3 miles from your pictures of Whitepool. Our new white square elevator opened in 1959 or so when we moved to Millerdale. We watched it being built. Our elevator was the financial lifeline for many of our neighbors. All of our families had 8 or 9 kids. We are all almost like cousins since we went through the same things, rode the same frozen buses and so on. Fifteen years ago, they closed our elevator and Dad retired and bought the elevator house and kept doing a bit of farming. Ten years ago they retired and moved out. Five years ago, they came with a big backhoe and dug a hole, pushed the elevator and annex over and burned and buried it. A crying shame. We are down fron 1100+ to about 150. No wonder the roads are so beaten up with semis of grain going for miles. Loved the photos. Thanks.

chelsea		12-Apr-2009 05:23
i have a huge question.....we found this old black and white phote somewhere it's based in the late 40's early 50's and it has 2 grain POOL elevaters no.6 and in front it has 2 trains that collided, i was wondering if you knew where thos elavators might have been. we were thinking in beverly saskatchewan but were not sure if you could help that would be great !!

Ashley Hockenberry		07-Feb-2009 02:29
excellent !!

W Macdonald Price		28-Dec-2008 04:10
Where was Sakatchewan Pool elevator No. 55, lease

Lana		05-Nov-2008 22:34
I'm making a quilt on Canadian images, and wanted to include something that reflects my parents lives in Saskatchewan. Great site, and I've chosen the one from Feudal SK to include in the quilt.

Brian Schneider		07-Oct-2008 20:34
Great to see these wonderfull old buildings before they're all gone, nice work Mike.

Guest		19-Aug-2008 14:30
Took another look today and I still marvel at the quality imagery in this gallery! Well done, Mike!

Robert Breton		04-Jul-2008 12:43
Robert Breton as Bob Hope would say "thanks for the memories". I left Sk. in 1952, wandered distant lands for a number of years, and now live in Burlington On., but will never forget those dusty and stately Saskatchewan sky scrapers.Re the Lake valley grain elevator, I lived there for awhile in the railway station, and was shocked when in 1999 my wife and I drove there and found nothing of the village but the pictured grain elevator. Thank you, for the fine effort and for sharing with us displaced Saskatchewanites a history of the tall ghosts of the prairies.

Robert Breton		03-Jul-2008 21:31
Robert Breton Jul. 2008 My father worked for the c.n.r., as a section foreman, and that resulted in our living next to the tracks, and sometimes near an elevator. Several of your photos are of structures in towns where we lived, such as Lake Valley which no longer exists, we lived in the train station.I left Sk. in July 1952, and will always remember that when one looked in a 380 degree circle ,often 3 or 4 villages could be located because of the grain elevators. As Bob Hope would say " thanks for the memories"

Douglas Sanderson		11-May-2008 19:00
Do you have greeting cards?

sheila		01-May-2008 05:14
I was born and rised in valley center and they had 4 elevators there at one time until the train tracks were taking out . Very nice pictures .

guest		13-Apr-2008 14:18
What a delight! I have to tell you, though, that the Valor elevator is located about 10 miles west of the actual townsite of Valor. It was moved to that private farm in 1983, but I see, 25 years later, still hasn't been repainted.

Edna Goertzen		13-Apr-2008 02:52
Can't thank you enough for these great images. Being an ex-prairie girl, I still love the elevators. Are there any still standing? We plan on taking a trip back to Sask this year. Thank you so much!!!!!

Bruno Nerenberg		25-Feb-2008 19:37
What a nice photo collection on these great landmarks that are mostly all gone. Nice to see that you have posted them on the web and people can purchase photo's of the home town elevator they were from. I build small scale model Pool Elevators with the Pool logo and any home town name they want on both sides. These models stand 11 inches tall and are 1/8" to 12" scale. Please write me for pictures and a price.

Walter O. Koenig		23-Jan-2008 02:18
Holy smokes. What a collection. You've documented them very well. Many fine shots. The Province of Saskatchewan should pay you for doing this. "V" Best Wishes, Walter

Guest		29-Dec-2007 17:26
Very interesting gallery. I have family in Saskatchewan and remember seeing many similar grain elevators on my trips out there.

Joel Bouchard		21-Dec-2007 21:51
Have you published a book of your elevator photos? I'm especially interested in elevators of Manitoba. Do you have any photos of Manitoba elevators? I'm an artist painting mostly Manitoba grain elevators but I'm also interested in beginning to paint Saskatchewan elevators.

Eldar Kadymov		07-Nov-2007 01:44
These fellas livin' around shoudaa havvin' lotsa fun !!! V

Guest		02-Sep-2007 04:27
Wow! I had no idea you had this treasure tucked away in your gallery. This is a dream of mine! You have done an excellent work of preserving a disappearing icon of prairie life...the prairie lifeline. Well done! So many memories, Outram, Ponteix, Hodgeville etc.

Marlin Markle		21-Aug-2007 00:46
excellent work,gave me more ideas for my HO scale layout

Frank		19-Aug-2007 18:16
"HOT OFF THE PRESS!! Mawer Elevator move Word is : ready to roll on aug 27th. Any one wanting to take photos etc are asked to use common sense and not crowd the issue. this is the "rollout" of mawer date

some one		31-Jul-2007 20:01
i wood like to see a photo of macnutt sk old grain elevator

Natasha		21-Jun-2007 16:44
You take beautiful photos, I wish you would include photos of the old grain elevator in Consul, SK.

Guest		19-May-2007 01:42
Nice gallery, great shots!

Frank		01-May-2007 00:16
HI all Heads up the earth is being dug at the new site {sukanen} for te cement for the mawer move

liebermann		03-Apr-2007 08:17
impressive collection. one expects to see Don Quixote arriving to fight against this "giants"... brgds, Volker

don read		29-Mar-2007 12:10
I was born in Reynaud and as a kid-worked in those elevators--originally there were 4 of them-but I believe they are ALL gone now.Certainly do not have any in Florida. Thanks the memories.

Ron Asp		26-Feb-2007 16:43
A lot of work was put into this gallery..truly excellent photos...many memories..We use to have alot in our city and now only one left..for how long, who knows..Thanks for sharing your photos...If your in Wetaskiwin, Alberta at the Stan Renolds Museum they have a working model almost which is hand on..and the collection of old autos would blow your mind away...Thanks for sharing..Ron

Mawer move		25-Jan-2007 03:23
ok folks Sorry to have to let you know the elevator will not move until june circumstances ! It will still happen just delayed keep an eye here I will keep you updated Frank

Frank		23-Jan-2007 03:44
ok folks more on the Mawer move Get your vcrs set for tomorrow nights news on CTV {Tuesday Jan 23} The lady interviewer was at Mawer today at the old site talking to the persons who donated the elevator. She also filmed the highline {powerline}we have to cross. There was also a segment done at the museum where the elevator is going to be restored Frank

Jim Pearson		19-Jan-2007 07:46
You have an excellent site here! I also have a website set up on the Vanishing Elevators of Alberta at http://web.mac.com/difdbs/iWeb/Vanishing%20Sentinels/Home.html. Check it out... I also have been collecting the elevator company history of all the known elevators in Alberta, and am planning on getting it published soon. I am also planning on doing the same for Saskatchewan and Manitoba... and your phots will help me find some of these disappearing structures! Keep up the increidble work! Cheers! Jim A Pearson Vanishing Sentinels Delia, Alberta

Guest		10-Jan-2007 05:38
ok folks mawer move find your cameras and your spare batteries and your sweaters it is time !!!!!! as of tonights meeting jan 9 2007 we are "rockin" the mover that was approved earlier will be given the go ahead to start {start date not know as yet} the mover will need approx 2 weeks to prep for the move then the road trip will take about 2-3 days depending on the weather and line crossings then the elevator will be set in place temporary i have seen the map it is approved totally now, the route has been driven 3 times over to be sure .We know where We will be crossing the CP rail main line i will get the map in the next few days and post it .keep tabs folks as i will be up loading as i know more we have to have the move done by the middle of march {road bans}

daniyale		04-Jan-2007 14:04
hi there! although the original grain elevators in estevan burnt down in i think 2001 i have pictures of the fire. you can email me if you like them

Guest		27-Dec-2006 08:06
Mawer to Sukanen move news paper clipping www.sukanenmuseum.ca/items/elevator2.htm

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Bill Craig		23-Dec-2006 19:55
Just happened across this amazing site!My life has been closely connected with grain elevators and grain buyers for at least 60 years.From sitting in the truck with my dad and uncles hauling grain to elevators in Marquis, Tuxford and Moose Jaw to working on the Federal Grain repair and construction crews all over Sask.In a later career I became an insurance claims adjuster.Many grain buyers/elevator managers also operated insurance agencies and several bacame good friends and business associates.As an insurance adjuster I also had the opportunity to handle several fire claims and oversee salvaging of grain after elevators were destroyed by fire.There are lots of great memories of the structures and people associated with them in your photo display!Fabulous photos!!Thanks.

Guest		15-Dec-2006 00:53
evening all i have just been told that the print media has done an interview with one of the members from the elevator committee for the mawer elevator move should be out this weekend i am not sure which one did it i have some searching to do to find out in the mean time "heads up" to any of you that are in this area see what we can find as soon as i get it i will get it scanned and out to you folks here for you that are further away

Guest		03-Dec-2006 03:31
Mawer Sask Please be aware folks that the smaller elevator is moving to a new home {date uncertain as yet}it has been donated to the Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum www.sukanemuseum.ca . the move is in plannig and final date is subject to many things but it will happen. Frank blacksmythe@sasktel.net

Guest		09-Nov-2006 15:29
Great Pictures. im glad to see you got the Mawer elevator in your collection...

Laurie Borzel, N. Battleford		17-Oct-2006 18:56
Great collection of pictures. I especially like the Wroxton one. But, you need to come up to the great Northwest sometime . . . there's easily two or three dozen elevators up here that I don't see in your collection.

Sophie		22-Sep-2006 21:43
Wonderful images! All these elevators right here in our province... and they all were used at one time. Many have been shut down. Makes one question what has happened to all the farm families who hauled their grain to these elevators, and the way of life on the prairies. There are not near as many farmers these days, and from the number of farm auction sales in this province alone, it makes me very sad to see this way of life gone forever.

Guest		21-Sep-2006 19:43
My memories date back to the 1940's at the elevators at Fuedal, Sas. which was south west if Purdue. I recall the line up of farm trucks when the elevator get rail cars.At this time, the elevator agent would catch some sleep on a cot in the office building, which was right over the engine. He didn't get real sleep until the cars, and the anexes were full. A farmer would go to his house and pick up his meal, which he ate on the go. I willalways be able to hear the sound the the elevator engine pounding away. - Dan Page -Regina

don		17-Sep-2006 23:28
I see that you did not get one from Bateman SK

Guest		16-Sep-2006 15:20
I missed Kipling

Barbara Read and Fred Schaad		09-Aug-2006 23:58
We will definately return to your galleries again soon.

Barbara Read and Fred Schaad		09-Aug-2006 23:57
This a collection that we wish were ours, lol. Your gallery inspires us to travel to Saskatchewan and visit these grain elevators before they are gone. Great stuff and we thank you for sharing them. V

Shirley Wang		07-Jun-2006 23:42
Great collections!

Vipin Mayer		21-Mar-2006 14:06
wonderful gallery, and well captured shots,excellently composed images, this place is wonderful for BW work,great collection

Guest		12-Mar-2006 13:04
Great gallery. Grain elevators are a vanishing prairie giant. You have captured them nicely. I hope the old ones can be saved and maintained as they are an essential icon of Canadian history and growth in the vast prairie. k

mattshaver		09-Mar-2006 12:43
Great Pic!! - Willows SK Jan 2006

don nieman		09-Mar-2006 01:34
You nmust have put lots of miles on your car getting to all these locations. Quite a collection. My favorites are Fillmore, Tuxford (looking down the tracks), Neidpath, Breircrest, Torquay and Goodeve. With Tuxford (looking down the tracks) taking top honors. Excellent work.

Guest		03-Mar-2006 18:31
Excellent collection ......... Very very creative work ........ Keep uploading!

Macastat		28-Feb-2006 03:51
inspired and fascinating gallery. Incredibly well done. tony

Utsav		27-Feb-2006 13:04
superb theme gallery and very beautiful and informative work here cheers

Jose Paulo Andrade		26-Feb-2006 23:44
A very original and big collection!!

pwh		02-Feb-2006 04:46
Fantastic work!

Richard Calmes		28-Jan-2006 18:16
Very interesting and well composed. Love the colors! V

Larry Krushelnitzky		22-Jan-2006 01:14
Great work. You must have captured every elevator left standing. I was raised in Southern Saskatchewabn and these photos bring back fond memories.

Alex in Toronto, ON CA		29-Dec-2005 01:55
Very attractive and interesting images.

dan dunn		28-Dec-2005 16:40
Fine work...DD

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