The one-room school building operated by the Birdina School District in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa was moved to this site in 1959, from a site nearby. It closed in 1959 and the building was moved away. Only its concrete foundation remains at the site. A monument commemorates the former school.
Birdina School commemorative monument (August 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Foundation of the former Birdina School building (August 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.84539, W99.06643
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Birdina School No. 1915 (RM of Alonsa)
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 Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 January 2021
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