Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fishing River School No. 1153 (RM of Dauphin)

The Fishing River School District was organized formally in November 1901 and a building was erected in the southwest quarter of 29-28-19 west of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Dauphin. The district was dissolved in 1965 and its remaining students went to Sifton School No. 1009. The building was sold and used as a workshop.

Among the teachers of Fishing River School were Marie Gregorash, Dan W. Hnatiuk (1938), Mrs. Edna Prokopowich (1954-1956), Mary Bobinski (1956-1957), Nettie Ukrainec (1957-1958), John Ferance (1958-1959), Richard Osika (1959-1961), and Mrs. Violet Meakin (1963-1964).

Fishing River School (no date) by R. M. Stevenson Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 67. Fishing River teacherage (no date) by R. M. Stevenson Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 67. The former Fishing River School building (May 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.36107, W100.06362 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“The local round,” Dauphin Herald, 20 October 1938, page 9.

“Teaching staffs named for “A” and “B” groups,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 9 September 1954, page 1.

“Record-breaking enrollments expected here in collegiate, elementary schools,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 1 September 1955, page 1.

“All-time high enrollments expected for town schools,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 30 August 1956, page 1.

“Town schools open today, high enrollments expected,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 29 August 1957, page 1.

“Total of 110 teachers assigned to schools in Dauphin-Ochre area,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 4 September 1958, page 1.

“Teaching staffs assigned to rural, village schools,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 3 September 1959, page 1.

“26 rural schools start fall term classes Tuesday,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 31 August 1960, page 4.

“Teaching staff for area schools increases to 132 for opening 1963-64 term,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 21 August 1963, page 1.

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.

Manitoba Permit Teachers of World War II, compiled by Louisa Loeb, Winnipeg: Hyperion Press Ltd., 2007.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 January 2021

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