The Broad Valley School District was established formally in February 1916. A wood frame, one-classroom building was constructed at the southeast corner of SE29-7-3W in the Municipality of Dufferin and it operated until 1968. The former school building stood at the site until at least October 2000, but was demolished a few years later and replaced by a private residence.
Among the teachers who worked at Broad Valley School through the years were J. Fred Woods, Bernard Dyck Klippenstein (Fall 1960 - Spring 1961), Frank Elias (Fall 1965 - Spring 1966), and Ernest John Doell (Fall 1966 - Spring 1967).
Students of the Vacation Bible School in front of Broad Valley School (late 1930s)
Source: Tim Schlegel
The former Broad Valley School building (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 332.
The former Broad Valley School building (October 2000)
Source: Tim SchlegelSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59197, W97.82415
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Broad Valley Cemetery / Homewood Bergthaler Mennonite Cemetery (RM of Dufferin)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Broad Valley School / Fisher Branch School No. 1543 (RM of Fisher)
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.
The Rural Municipality of Dufferin: 1880-1980 compiled by June M. Watson with the Dufferin History Book Committee, 1982, page 188.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Broad Valley School District No. 1823 - Daily Registers, GR2085, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Tim Schlegel, Nathan Kramer, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 February 2024
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