Commonly known as the Chapples building because its major occupant from 1913 to 1981 was the department store run by the Chapples family, this building is more properly known as the Grain Exchange. Constructed in 1909, the block was Fort William's attempt to capture the grain exchange business from Winnipeg. Without a sample market, however, the exchange never really got off the ground, and for years the building has housed a variety of offices. The construction of Victoriaville Centre which opened in 1980 enclosed much of the building within a mall.
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