Known original as McLennan School District when it was organized in May 1920, it was renamed Cracknell School District at some time. A school building operated on the southwest quarter of 1-22-27 west of the Principal Meridian in what is now the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West. It closed in 1967. The building is no longer at the site but a monument commemorates it.
Among the teachers of Cracknell School was John Stolarchuk (1957-1958).
Cracknell School (no date) by H. L. Albright
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 83.
Cracknell School commemorative sign (June 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.85998, W101.24418
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.
The School District of Pozir #2206 by the Pozir School and District Reunion Committee, April 1998, page 19.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 February 2021
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