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Elmsdale is home to the PEI grain elevator #3, it was built in 1978 and is made out of steel and concrete. It has 24 different bins that range from 12 to 12000 tonnes. The total facility is capable of storing 9200 metric tonnes. This grain elevator is capable of handling barley, oats, soybean, wheat
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Up the Dock Road two other communities were formed, Elmsdale West and
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Western Road and Dock Road were created, Elmsdale was born. Beginning in 1841, the farms along Dock Road were surveyed. When it crossed the Great Western Road creating a crossroads, James Reid owned the land where the Nazarene Church parking lot is today. The community that quickly
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Station between 1872 and 1875. The residents were not satisfied with that name and met to change it. The name
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W.P. Griffin Inc. is a potato farming business located in
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microwave ready and restaurant style potatoes. W.P. Griffin Inc. is also the initial branding partner for Dole
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Rustico
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