Nicholas Bawlf (15 July 1849 – 26 December 1914) was a Canadian grain merchant, and important figure in the development of Winnipeg as the centre of the Canadian grain trade .
2-774: The Alberta Pacific Grain Company Limited began in 1900 as the Alberta Grain Company, founded by Nicholas Bawlf and associates. In 1911 Alberta Grain Co. was merged with the Alberta Pacific Company Limited to form the Alberta Pacific Grain Company Limited. In 1967, the company was taken over by Federal Grain . Historic (protected); Historic (Private-museum); Nicholas Bawlf Bawlf
4-643: Was born in Smiths Falls , Canada West on July 15, 1849 to Nicholas Bawlf and Catharine Kirby. He would marry Catharine Madden on February 6, 1877 and moved to Winnipeg the same year. He began at once in the flour, feed, and grain business. In 1887, he and 10 other grain merchants formed the Winnipeg Grain and Produce Exchange. He was one of the first traders to use Pacific ports to tap Asian export markets. In 1900 he began Alberta Grain Company . Bawlf
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