Historic Sites of Manitoba: Boyne View School No. 1493 / Boyne View School No. 2368 / Boyne View School (Rose Valley Colony, Rural Municipality of Dufferin)

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The Boyne View School was opened in September 1958 at the Rose Valley Colony within NW22-6-6W in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin. It operated the balance of that calendar year within the Graysville Consolidated School District No. 1493 and prior to being independently established as the Boyne View School District No. 2368 in January 1959; thereafter operating independently until becoming part of the Midland School Division in January 1968. As part of consolidated in 2001, it became part of the Prairie Rose School Division.

Principals

Period

Principal

1968-1970

William Frank “Bill” Derksen (1905-1994)

1970-1972

Doris Evelyn Johnston

1972-1976

Ramsay Ramroop Gopaul

Teachers

Among the early teachers of Boyne View School were Nellie Stevenson (September-December 1958), Jake Letkeman (January-June 1959 & Fall 1959 - Spring 1960), William Frank “Bill” Derksen (Fall 1960 - Spring 1968).

Period

Teachers

1968-1969

William Frank “Bill” Derksen (grades 4-8), Doreen Elizabeth Ferris (grades 1-3)

1969-1970

William Frank “Bill” Derksen (grades 4-8), Doreen Elizabeth Ferris (grades 1-3)

1970-1971

Doreen Elizabeth Ferris (grades 1-3), Doris Evelyn Johnston (grades 4-8)

1971-1972

Doreen Elizabeth Ferris (grades 1-3), Doris Evelyn Johnston (grades 4-7)

1972-1973

Doreen Elizabeth Ferris (grades 1-3), Ramsay Ramroop Gopaul (grades 4-7)

1973-1974

Doreen Elizabeth Ferris (grades 1-3), Ramsay Ramroop Gopaul (grades 4-8)

1974-1975

Doreen Elizabeth Ferris (grades 1-3), Ramsay Ramroop Gopaul (grades 4-8)

1975-1976

Doreen Elizabeth Ferris (grades 1-3), Ramsay Ramroop Gopaul (grades 4-9)

1976-1977

I. A. Katherine Claggette (grades 1-7, substitute), Ramsay Ramroop Gopaul (grades 1-7)

1977-1978

I. A. Katherine Claggette (kindergarten & grades 1-4), Beryl Gibson (grades 5-8)

1978-1979

I. A. Katherine Claggette (grades 1-4), Beryl Gibson (grades 5-9)

1979-1980

I. A. Katherine Claggette (grades 1-7)

1980-1981

I. A. Katherine Claggette (grades 1-8)

Photos & Coordinates

Boyne View School No. 1493 / Boyne View School No. 2368 / Boyne View School

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.49706, W98.19525
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Manitoba School Records Collection, Boyne View School District No. 2368 - Daily Registers, GR7164, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Boyne View School District No. 2368 - Cash Book, GR7164, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

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 Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 21 January 2025

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