Prairie towns once had rows of grain elevators.
Now they don’t.
But data about those elevators, including ownership, location and capacity, is now available online, free and searchable.
The information, available on the website called Peel’s Prairie Provinces, was collected and made available by the Canadian Grain Commission in partnership with the University of Alberta Libraries. Data from 1912-98 is ready for access, according to an Oct. 23 CGC news release.
The website is dedicated to preservation of western Canadian history and prairie culture. It will now include Grain Elevators in Canada data that was digitized by U of A libraries personnel.
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“Grain Elevators in Canada is a window into the history of prairie communities,” said CGC technician Christine Wallmann in the news release.
“The history and economy of the Prairies was linked to the grain trade. Many of the requests we get for information come from community historical societies, and data such as the number of elevators or who owned the local elevator can help historians better understand prairie life.”
The information can be found at http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/geic.html?locale=en.
