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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.
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
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