Manitoba Organization: Boundary School Division No. 16

On 1 April 1959, an order of the Manitoba Minister of Education, acting on a recommendation of the MacFarlane Commission on Education and the School Divisions Boundaries Commission, was to create the Boundary School Division. A public plebiscite held to approve the action was rejected by local electors. A second plebiscite held a few years later was also rejected. When the six-classroom Dominion City high school was condemned in December 1965, the creation of a school division was finally approved and it began operations for the 1966-1967 school year.

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
1966-1969	Gabriel J. “Gabe” Girard (1935-2006)
1969-1973	Raymond “Ray” LeNeal
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 (Municipality of Pembina)

Sources:

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

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 November 2023