Historic Sites of Manitoba: Birnie School No. 465 (Birnie, RM of Rosedale)

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

Birnie School No. 465 was originally formed in 1884 as North End School in the southeast quarter of 14-17-15, west of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale. It was moved into Birnie and a new brick school built beside it in 1909. This second building, constructed on a design by architect Samuel Hooper, was later moved to Glenella and used as a church. The final school building, dating from 1954, closed formally in January 1968 and was later used as a community hall and nursery school.

Principals

Period	Principal
1950-1951	Mrs. E. Fellows
1951-1952	W. Fairman
1952-1955	Edward Turner Revel
1955-1956	Mrs. D. Kilburn
1956-1957	Frank Veregin (1931-2001)
1957-1958	William Sul
1958-1960	Miss M. Thorne

Teachers

Among the teachers of Birnie School were Mr. Fedorchuk (1951-1952) and Iva May Eros (1954).

Photos & Coordinates

The second Birnie School building, later a church in Glenella (about N50.55189, W99.19255), and now used as a workshop (August 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The third Birnie School building, constructed in 1954 (circa 1990) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 1157. The former Birnie School building (July 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.44749, W99.43468 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

Marriage and death registrations [Iva May Eros], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

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.

East of the Mountains: Eden-Birnie Story, Wards 2 and 5, Rural Municipality of Rosedale, Manitoba: 1877-1984 by Eden Birnie History Book Committee, 1984. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.E35 Eas]

A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.

The Beautiful Plains Story: 1983-2008 by Neepawa and Area History Committee, 2008, page 161.

We thank Nathan Kramer and Glen Gibbons for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Allan Drysdale and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 February 2021

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