Manitoba Organization: Pelly Trail School Division No. 37

The Pelly Trail 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	Boulton School District No. 569 Freefield School District No. 1729 Hudson School District No. 2045 Inglis School District No. 2107 Lockerby School District No. 570 Mountain House School District No. 2258 Riding Park School District No. 2244 Rochdale School District No. 1268 Royston School District No. 2049 Shellbank School District No. 1535 Shellmouth Consolidated School District No. 292 Shell Valley School District No. 1905 Shell River School District No. 1971 Thunder Creek School District No. 1455
2	Russell School District No. 273
3	Binscarth Consolidated School District No. 2326 Brightside School District No. 849 Cracknell School District No. 2042 Craigie School District No. 908 Crosby School District No. 1422 Endcliffe School District No. 1500 Harrowby School District No. 603 Londonderry School District No. 1151 Millwood School District No. 507 Wolverine School District No. 1809
4	Angus School District No. 1487 Balfour School District No. 1838 Birdtail School District No. 1263 Boyle School District No. 167 Colonsay School District No. 2081 Jellicoe School District No. 1836 Lakedale School District No. 1690 Lidford School District No. 1216 Lima School District No. 1445 Minniska School District No. 556 Ruthenia School District No. 1259 St. Marys School District No. 451 Seeburn School District No. 452 Sharman School District No. 1705 Silver Creek School District No. 288 Smithdale School District No. 2311 Stratford School District No. 814 Tuckersmith School District No. 1395
5	Chmelnycki School District No. 1494 Clarke School District No. 2278 Glen Elmo School District No. 2194 Hranko School District No. 1264 Mohyla School District No. 1495 Perch School District No. 2177 Rossburn Consolidated School District No. 2358 Valley School District No. 1719
6	Byrd School District No. 2212 Culross School District No. 185 Islay School District No. 733 King George School District No. 1242 Marconi School District No. 2085 Oakburn School District No. 255 Olha School District No. 1243 Randale School District No. 2148 Ruska Rawa School District No. 1260 Wheatfield School District No. 954
7	Braddock School District No. 2136 Elphinstone Consolidated School District No. 196 Flower School District No. 1893 Harrowers School District No. 1513 Horod School District No. 1364 Morse School District No. 2096 Prince of Wales School District No. 137 Rogers School District No. 1267 Seech School District No. 1454 St. John School District No. 2193 Zaporoza School District No. 1468

It was later amalgamated with the Birdtail River School Division to form the Park West School Division.

Superintendents

Term	Superintendent
1968-1972	Arnold George Minish (1930-2014)
1972-1981	Douglas Francis “Doug” MacIsaac (1936-1992)
1981-1985	Roy Knezacek
1985-1988	Howard “Howie” Smith
1988-1990	Bill McFarlane
1990-1994	Ward Tweet
1994-1995	Eldon Montgomery
1995-1998	Marshall Draper
1998-2001	Roza Gray
2001-2002	Leisa Wilson

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: Dominion Post Office (201 Main Street, Russell)

Sources:

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

Vista Tales ... from Islay School District No. 733 in Vista, Manitoba, compiled and edited by Gerald R. Brown, ISBN 0-9781220-0-3, Legislative Library of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 31 March 2025