A metal sign marks the former site of Blaris School in the Municipality of Prairie View. Established formally in January 1885, a school building was erected on the southeast quarter of 25-14-26 west of the Principal Meridian. It became part of the Miniota Municipal School District in 1919 and closed in 1949. The school building is no longer present at the site.
Among the teachers of Blaris School was Catherine Slater (1940s).
Blaris School (no date) by H. L. Albright
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 51.
Blaris School commemorative sign (October 2011)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.21118, W100.89736
denoted by symbol on the map above
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: 3 February 2021
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