The Anola School District was established formally in February 1912 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at SW28-10-7E in the Rural Municipality of Springfield.
In 1965, the school became part of the Anola Consolidated School District No. 2429 when it was consolidated with schools from the surrounding rural area, including Beatrice School No. 164, Queens Valley School No. 1034, McDavid School No. 1234, Monominto School No. 1255, Oak Crossing School No. 1407, Uppingham School No. 1428, Eastdale School No. 1640, and Craig Siding School No. 2031. The Anola schoolhouse was moved to the site of McDavid School where it operated until 1968 when the Anola Elementary School opened. The area is now part of the Transcona-Springfield School Division.
The former site of Anola School is now occupied by Anola Fellowship Chapel. A small commemorative sign is attached to a post at the roadside.
Anola School (no date) by R. Goulet
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 1.
The buildings for McDavid School (left), Anola School (centre), and Uppingham School at the site of McDavid School (1968)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey, Anola.
Anola School commemorative sign (June 2023)
Source: Glen Toews
Anola Fellowship Chapel (June 2023)
Source: Glen ToewsSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85568, W96.56984
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Anola and District Museum (725 Weiser Crescent, Anola, RM of Springfield)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: McDavid School No. 1234 (RM of Springfield)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Uppingham School No. 1428 (RM of Springfield)
Springfield: 1st Rural Municipality in Manitoba, 1873-1973 by Dugald Women's Institute, 1974, page 204.
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
This page was prepared by Glen Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 August 2023
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