Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Coming into the final stretch

Well.. after 4 trips to the Glenbow archives in Calgary, II think I have gone thru every record they have on elevators in Alberta. Sadly... all they had was records from the Alberta Wheat Pool... but at least it filled in a majority of holes I had in my records.

However... here is a quick list of the towns I am still looking for informatiion on grain eleavtor closings.

• Codner (near Rocky Mountain House)
• Withrow (near Eckville)
• Chigwell (near Lacombe)
• Mirror
• Linden
• Erwick
• Lougheed
• Lindbrook (near Tofield)
• Tofield
• Poe
• Scotford (near Fort Saskatchewan)
• Hairy Hill (near Willingdon)
• Musidora (near Two Hills)
• Beauvallon
• Slawa
• Hazeldine
• Lloydminister
• Bretona
• Looma
• High River
• Connemera (Need Closure Date)
• Woodhouse
• Kipp
• Lethbridge
• Magrath
• Welling
• Peacock
• Whitney
• Pivot (Between Hilda and Schuler)
• Minaret (South of Olds)
• Nettok
• Penhold
• Hoadley
• Alhambra (near Rocky Mountain House)
• Coronado (Between Gibbons and Redwater)
• Woodgrove (need closure year)
• Ashmont (need closure year)
• Lindbergh
• Beaver River
• Carbondale (near St. Albert)
• Newbrook
• Venice
• Peavey
• Mearns
• Codessa (near Eaglesham... Peace River country)
• Dimsdale (near Grand Prairie)
• Wembley
• Hythe
• Lymburn (Need closure year)
• Judah
• Roma Junction
• Diamond City (Near Coaldale)

And I think that's it. If anyone has any info on these towns, please email me at ncc2920@telusplanet.net

Thanks!