The Craigsford School District was organized formally in September 1914. It operated a school building on the southeast quarter of 2-38-25 west of the Principal Meridian in the Rural Municipality of Minitonas. It closed in June 1967. The former school building is no longer present at the site but a plaque erected in 1990 commemorates it.
Among the teachers of Craigsford School were Miss Murphy (1916) and Mrs. Yvonne Pohl (1967).
Craigsford School (no date) by J. S. Peach
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 31.
Craigsford School commemorative monument (July 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N52.23107, W101.06462
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.
Boots, Buggies & Buses: Swan Valley Schools in Quest of Education, Swan Valley School Division No. 35, circa 1998.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 February 2021
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