Historic Sites of Manitoba: Belmont School (Belmont, RM of Prairie Lakes)

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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This one-storey, seven-classroom school building at Belmont, in what is now the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes, was constructed between 1959 and 1960 to alleviate overcrowding in the old structure nearby. It was opened officially on 21 September 1960 at a ceremony attended by MLA John Thompson, school inspectors Robert William Lightly and William Stanley Lockhart, architect Ian McKenzie Brown, and contractor Gunnar Peterson.

Closed in June 2002, the school building was vacant at the time of a 2019 site visit.

Principals

Period	Principal
Before 1968	See Belmont Consolidated School
1968-1973	G. McWilliams
c1989	Robert H. Williamson
c1989-2001	?
2001-2002	Barry Moore

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
Before 1968	See Belmont Consolidated School
1968-c1989	?
c1989	Mrs. Edna Verhelst, Mrs. Cindy Sawatzky, Mrs. Betty Weedmark, Miss Alison McEvoy, Bruce Craig
c1989-2001	?
2001-2002	Cheryl Battersby, Carol Langan, Barry Moore

Photos & Coordinates

The former Belmont School building (May 2019) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Belmont School building (May 2019) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.40777, W99.45368 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Craigilea School No. 441 / Belmont Consolidated School No. 441 (Belmont, RM of Prairie Lakes)

Sources:

“Thompson opens Belmont School,” Brandon Sun, 23 September 1960, page 15.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 August 2021

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