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Manitoba Organization: Boundary School Division No. 16

The Boundary School Division was created on 1 April 1959 by an order of the Manitoba Minister of Education, acting on a recommendation of the MacFarlane Commission on Education and the School Divisions Boundaries Commission. It became responsible for all secondary education, grades 9 to 12, within the area of the following school districts:

Ward

School Districts

1

Emerson Consolidated School District No. 2365

2

Dominion City Consolidated School District No. 45

3

Arnaud School District No. 1175
Carlowrie School District No. 1760
Empress School District No. 1116
Green Ridge Consolidated School District No. 1704
Jerome School District No. 1506
Langside School District No. 230
Ridgeville Consolidated School District No. 2359
Timlick School District No. 1013

4

Baskerville School District No. 1819
Bradley School District No. 369
Overstone School District No. 1106
Plankey Plains School District No. 1083
Prawda School District No. 1792
River Ranch School District No. 1361
Senkiw School District No. 1387
Stuartburn School District No. 536
Tolstoi School District No. 1224
Woodmore School District No. 310
Zelota School District No. 1746

5

Beckett School District No. 1248
Devon School District No. 1885
Dover School District No. 1862
Franko School District No. 1515
Kupczanko School District No. 1434
Lonesand School District No. 1940
Ridgeland School District No. 2038
Shevchenko School District No. 1388
Sundown School District No. 1820

6

Arbakka School District No. 1262
The Border School District No. 2174
Koroluwka School District No. 1217
Lord Roberts School District No. 1218
Lukowce School District No. 1202
Mazeppa School District No. 2088
Purple Bank School District No. 682
Solway School District No. 1631
Somme School District No. 1852
Strand School District No. 1433
Sunbeam School District No. 1806

7

Piney Municipal School District No. 1360

Boundary was later amalgamated with Red River School Division No. 17, Rhineland School Division No. 18, and Sprague Consolidated School District No. 2439 to form the Border Land School Division.

Superintendents

Period

Principal

1973-1988

Peter Yarmie (1933-1988)

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions (1959)

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba’s Rural School Consolidation (1905-1967)

Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions Boundaries Commission (1958-1959)

Events in Manitoba History: MacFarlane Royal Commission on Education (1957-1959)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Boundary School No. 1339 (RM of Pembina)

Sources:

Report of the School Divisions Boundaries Commission, 13 January 1959, Manitoba Legislative Library, SpR 1958 Education.

We thank Vicki Derksen and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 September 2021

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