UGG Elevator, Creston, BC
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N 49° 05.812 W 116° 30.962
11U E 535329 N 5438336
This is one of two elevators beside the highway as you pass through Creston, near the western edge of town. Tally=7
Waymark Code: WMQMFE
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 03/02/2016
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These two defunct and decrepit elevators are all there ever were in Creston. The Creston Valley, being the only area in south central BC enjoying a flat, fertile valley bottom of any size, still sees cultivation of wheat, oats, barley, and canola. Even though it's not Saskatchewan or Alberta, one would still expect to see elevators here.
This was a United Grain Growers elevator, and the other was an Alberta Wheat Pool Elevator. Originally a Midland Pacific Elevator, this one was built in 1935 and continued in use until the early 1990s.
At last report the town is still unsure exactly what to do with its elevators. Whatever is done with the elevators, whether they're repurposed or simply restored, will cost a lot of money, a big stumbling block.
