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THE PIONEER Grain Terminal
(right) is the oldest watertront
industrial site In North Vai-
couver. The history of the site
goes back to the 1863 opening
of asawmill.

Trains transport grain to the
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
terminal (left) along Low Level
Road in North Vancouver. The
grain is exported to world
markets and the terminal has
the capacity to store 240,000
tonnes of grain and has a
loading rate of 2,400 tonnes of
grain per hour.

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© Pioneer Grain Terminal Ltd.:
The Pioneer property on Low
Level Road in North Vancouver
City is the oldest industrial site on
the North Shore.

The history of the site goes
back to the 1863 opening of a
sawmill,

Pioncer, which is owned by the
Manitoba-based James Richard-
sons and Sons Ltd., bought the
terminal in 1972, although the
terminal has been in its present
location since 1927.

Today, the terminal is consid- .

ered to be one of North America’s
most modern and efficient
grain-handling facilities.

It has a licensed storage capaci-
ty of 108,000 tonnes. It can
unload and clean 150 railcars a

day and has a vessel loading rate
of 2,200 tonnes per hour.

Pioneer’s annual handling ca-
pacity is more than 2.5 million
tonnes.

e@ Saskatchewan Wheat Pool:
This North Vancouver grain ter-
minal ships 60% wheat, 25%
barley and 15% canola seed.

Other products handled by
Saskatchewan include durum and
grain by-products. Se

Its facililty includes two inshore’
berths and one outshore berth
with five water sprouts at each
berth. ;
Saskatchewan has the capacity
to store 240,000 tonnes of grain
and has a loading rate of 2,400
tonnes of grain per hour,