This site at NW10-8-1E in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald was the location of Donore School. Established formally in February 1881, the district was dissolved in 1957.
In October 2019, the original schoolhouse still stood at N49.65860, W97.40127 but it has since been removed. A commemorative sign at the original site was installed by the municipality in September 2014.
Aerial photograph of the Donore School site in the centre of view (May 1950)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library, A12455-359.
Donore School (no date) by E. D. Parker
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 39.
Donore School commemorative sign (September 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Donore School commemorative sign (August 2022)
Source: Rose Kuzina
The former Donore School building (October 2017)
Source: Vicki Derksen-Duhame
Aerial view of the former Donore School building (October 2019)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.64980, W97.39017
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.
Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (grant 12F-C101, 2012-2013).
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Vicki Derksen-Duhame and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 December 2024
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