Manitoba Organization: Turtle Mountain School Division No. 44

The Turtle Mountain 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	Boissevain School District No. 373
2	Bluevale School District No. 1141 Brownlea School District No. 474 Caranton School District No. 526 Desford School District No. 800 Dunallen School District No. 548 East Lynne School District No. 1180 Fairburn School District No. 524 Lake Max School District No. 1239 Maple Grove School District No. 247 Ninga School District No. 485 Petersburg School District No. 766 Primrose School District No. 457 Richview School District No. 528 Royal School District No. 417 Strathallan School District No. 635 Wapaha School District No. 634 Wassewa School District No. 612 West Lake School District No. 311 Woodlake School District No. 751
3	Killarney School District No. 252
4	Bethel School District No. 301 Enterprise School District No. 701 Fairdale School District No. 199 Henderson School District No. 1311 Highview School District No. 427 Hullett School District No. 700 Jaques School District No. 605 Lena School District No. 1393 Long River School District No. 720 Lyonshall School District No. 223 Northcote School District No. 396 Oak Ridge School District No. 328 Plum Hollow School District No. 549 Rose Valley School District No. 344 Sanders School District No. 392 Victoria Lake School District No. 446 Wakopa School District No. 308
5	Cartwright School District No. 174 Chesterville School District No. 182 East Mountain School District No. 931 Glendenning School District No. 552 Hazeldell School District No. 611 Holmfield Consolidated School District No. 699 Howard School District No. 218 Lake Lorne School District No. 1105 Mylor School District No. 852 Neelin School District No. 429 South Derby School District No. 1319
6	Bellafield School District No. 468 Buttrum School District No. 679 Duncragg School District No. 660 Dunrea Consolidated School District No. 147 Fairfield School District No. 418 Hiawatha School District No. 427 Langvale School District No. 224 Lilyhill School District No. 670 Margaret School District No. 212 Minto School District No. 1174 Ninette School District No. 1028 Rowland School District No. 470 Stockdale School District No. 1086 Tisdale School District No. 815

Superintendents:

Period	Principal
?-1976	Delorie Wessels “Del” Howell (1925-2008)
1976-?	Delbert Warkentin

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)

Sources:

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 May 2015