• About Us
  Information

  Office Address and Hours
  Personnel Directory
  Frequently Asked Questions
  What is the MHS?
  MHS Committees
  Affiliated Societies
  History of the MHS
  Annual Reports
  

  Get Involved

  Membership
  Donations
  Volunteering
  

  ---

  Online Shop
  Members Area
  

  
• Programs
  Activities

  Field Trips
  Multicultural Dinners
  Prairie History
  Fundraising Dinners
  Homes of Famous Manitobans
  

  Awards

  Lieutenant Governor's Award
  Centennial Business
  Centennial Farm
  Centennial Organization
  Other Awards
  

  ---

  Application Forms
  

  
• Prairie History
  Information

  How to Buy
  Current Issue
  Upcoming Issue
  Advertising
  Contributor Guidelines
  Letters to the Editor
  Manitoba History
  

  Archives

  Issue No. 89 (Spring 2019)
  Issue No. 88 (Winter 2018)
  Issue No. 87 (Summer 2018)
  All Back Issues
  Embargo
  

  ---

  Members Area
  

  
• MHS Resources
  Members Area

  Login
  Request Login Account
  

  Publications

  Prairie History
  Manitoba History
  Manitoba Pageant
  MHS Transactions
  

  ---

  Local History Books
  Other History Books
  

  Features

  Manitoba 150
  Historic Sites of Manitoba
  Memorable Manitobans
  War Memorials in Manitoba
  History in Winnipeg Street Names
  History in Manitoba School Names
  Manitoba Communities
  Manitoba Photographers
  Walking Tours
  Personal Memoirs
  Manitoba Bricks and Blocks
  Events in Manitoba History
  1911 Census Data
  Other Features
  

  Education

  Resources
  

  
• Contact Us

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Chicken Hill School No. 581 (Municipality of Pembina)

The Chicken Hill School District was established formally in May 1889 and a building was erected in the southwest quarter of 11-1-7 west of the Principal Meridian, in what is now the Municipality of Pembina. It closed in July 1965 and the remaining students went to Point Douglas Consolidated School No. 1475. The school building has been used to store grain and pesticide containers, and is now badly deteriorated.

Among the teachers at Chicken Hill School were John Vanderstoel and Edith Miller (two years).

Chicken Hill School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 91. The former Chicken Hill School (circa 1986) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 989. The former Chicken Hill School building and commemorative sign (April 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Chicken Hill School building (July 2018) Source: M. Greene Site Location (lat/long): N49.01536, W98.30566 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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.

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

We thank Rose Kuzina and M. Greene for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 April 2019

Historic Sites of Manitoba This is a collection of historic sites in Manitoba compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. SEARCH the collection Browse lists of: Museums/Archives | Buildings | Monuments | Cemeteries | Locations | Other Please note that inclusion in this collection does not mean that a particular site has special status or protection. Some sites are on private property and permission must be secured from the owner prior to visiting. Site information is provided by the Manitoba Historical Society as a free public service only for non-commercial purposes. Search Tips | Suggest a Site | FAQ | Acknowledgements Send inquiries to the MHS Webmaster.