Alberta Pacific Grain Company

Alberta Pacific Grain Company

Industry	Agriculture
Founded	1900
Defunct	1967 (1967)
Fate	Merged
Successor	Federal Grain
Headquarters	Alberta, Canada
Products	Grain buying

The oldest standing grain elevator in Alberta, the Alberta Pacific elevator in Raley.

The historic elevators in St. Albert, Alberta. An original Alberta Grain Co. elevator is seen to the right.

The Alberta Pacific Grain Company Limited began in 1900 as the Alberta Grain Company, founded by Nicholas Bawlf and associates. In 1911, Alberta Grain Co. was merged with the Alberta Pacific Company Limited to form the Alberta Pacific Grain Company Limited. In 1967, the company was taken over by Federal Grain. ^[1]

Remaining elevators

Historic (protected);

• Castor and District Museum, a local museum with a 1910 Alberta Pacific elevator.
• Meeting Creek, Alberta, 1914 Alberta Pacific elevator ^[2] open to public for tours. ^[3]
• St. Albert Grain Elevator Park is a museum consisting of two elevators: an original 1906 Alberta Grain Co. elevator and a 1929 Alberta Wheat Pool elevator.
• Val Marie, Saskatchewan, 1924 Alberta Pacific elevator. ^[4]

Historic (Private-museum);

• Alberta Central Railway Museum, a railway museum with a historic 1906 Alberta Grain Co. elevator moved from Hobbema. The elevator is known to be Alberta's second-oldest grain elevator.
• Raley, Alberta, the oldest grain elevator in Alberta, was built in 1904-1905 by Alberta Pacific.
• Dorothy, Alberta, 1928, Alberta Pacific elevator in poor condition.
• Lousana, Alberta, 1919, Alberta Pacific was in poor condition and moved to a private farm east of Lousana in 1973. ^[5]

See also

• List of Canadian Heritage Wheat Varieties

References

1. "The Remaining Alberta Pacific Grain Elevators". Vanishing Sentinels - Grain Elevators. December 30, 2005. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
2. Historic places - Meeting Creek
3. "Meeting Creek". Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
4. "HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca". www.historicplaces.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
5. "Saving Alberta's prairie skyscraper" . Retrieved 2022-07-02.

External links

• The Remaining Alberta Pacific Grain Elevators
• Feed Storage Bins and Steel Grain Bins