A sign in the Municipality of Boissevain-Morton commemorates Croll School No. 1929, which operated at this site from 1918 to 1959. The district was dissolved in 1959 and its catchment area was divided between Elgin Consolidated School District and Primrose School District.
Among the teachers of Croll School were Kathleen Elizabeth Chambers (early 1940s) and Margaret Jane Caldbick (late 1940s or early 1950s).
Croll School commemorative sign (March 2016)
Source: Glenn DicksonSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.35525, W100.20634
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Croll Pioneers Monument / Croll School No. 1929 (Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)
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 Glenn Dickson and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 October 2024
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