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In 1921, a one-storey, brick school was constructed at this site by the Fort Garry School District No. 2047 (which also built and operated the General Byng School nearby), based on a design by local architects John Woodman and Arthur E. Cubbidge. Like its counterpart in northeast Winnipeg, the school commemorated soldier and policeman Sir Sam Benfield Steele. Initially a two-classroom structure, two additional classrooms were added in late 1923 and a further two classrooms in 1943. It was closed in 1957 and was converted into offices for the School District, which in 1959 became part of the Fort Garry Municipal School District No. 2361 and, later that year, the Fort Garry School Division. The building was later used as a dance studio, child care facility, and church. In 2005, it was removed from the City of Winnipeg’s inventory of historic buildings and, the following year, the structure was demolished to make way for a residential block.
Period
Principal
1921-1922
Ellen “Nettie” Parsons (1863-1938)
1922-1923
Caroline “Carrie” “Parkie” Parkinson (1874-1962)
1923-1944
William John Robinson (1882-1947) District Principal
1944-1945
1945-1949
?
1949-1950
Mr. J. Genron
1950-1951
?
1951-1958
Harry Sharpe (c1905-1958)
1958-1960
?
School Year
Teacher
1921-1922
Eva Helena Dales (grades 1-3), Caroline “Carrie” Parkinson (grades 3-7, April-June), Nettie Parsons (grades 3-7, September-March)
1922-1923
Eva Helena Dales (grades 1-3), Caroline “Carrie” Parkinson (grades 3-8)
1923-1924
Eva Helena Dales (grades 3-5), William John Robinson (grades 6-8), Mary Alice Tanney (grades 1-2)
1924-1925
William John Robinson (grades 6-8), Mary Alice Tanney (grades 1-2), Netanis Boyd Vaux (grades 3-5)
1925-1926
Jean McIntyre (grades 4-6), William John Robinson (grades 7-9), Netanis Boyd Vaux (grades 1-3)
1926-1927
Jean McIntyre (grades 4-6), William John Robinson (grades 6-8), Netanis Boyd Vaux (grades 1-3)
1927-1928
Winnifred Muriel Louise Ablett (grade 1), Jean McIntyre (grades 3-6), William John Robinson (grades 6-8), E. Clara Watkins (grades 2-3)
1928-1929
Winnifred Muriel Louise Ablett (grades 1-2), Jean McIntyre (grades 3-6), William John Robinson (grades 6-8), Netanis Boyd Vaux (grades 2-4, September-February; grades 2-3, March-June)
1929-1930
Winnifred Muriel Louise Ablett (grades 1-2), Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grades 4-5), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grades 6-7), Etelka [Etella?] Beatrice McQuarrie (grades 7-8), William John Robinson (grades 9-10), Netanis Boyd Vaux (grades 2-3)
1930-1931
Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grade 2), Violet Labey (grade 1), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grades 6-7), Jean Anne Mitchell (grade 5), William John Robinson (grade 8), Netanis Boyd Vaux (grades 3-4)
1931-1932
Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grades 2-3), Violet Labey (grade 1), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grade 6), Jean Anne Mitchell (grade 5), William John Robinson (grades 7-8), Netanis Boyd Vaux (grades 3-4, September-December; grade 4, January-June)
1932-1933
Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grades 2-3), Violet Labey (grade 1), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grades 6-7), William John Robinson (grades 7-8), Dorothy Eleanor Slagerman (grade 5), Netanis Boyd Vaux (grades 3-4)
1933-1934
Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grades 2-3), Violet Labey (grade 1), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grade 6), William John Robinson (grades 7-8), Dorothy Eleanor Slagerman (grade 5), Netanis Boyd Vaux (grades 3-4)
1934-1935
Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grades 2-3), Violet Labey (grade 1), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grades 6-7), William John Robinson (grades 7-8), Dorothy Eleanor Slagerman (grades 5-6), Netanis Boyd Vaux (grades 4-5), Mildred Crawshaw (?)
1935-1936
Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grades 3-4), Violet Labey (grades 1-2), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grades 6-7), William John Robinson (grade 8), Dorothy Eleanor Slagerman (grades 5-6), Netanis Boyd Vaux (grades 4-5)
1936-1937
Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grades 3-4), Violet Labey (grade 1), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grades 6-7), Freda Mary Porter (grades 4-5), William John Robinson (grade 7-10), Dorothy Eleanor Slagerman (grades 5-6)
1937-1938
Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grades 3-4), Violet Labey (grades 1-2), Margaret Alice Lawson (grades 4-5), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grades 6-7), William John Robinson (grade 7-8), Dorothy Eleanor Slagerman (grades 5-6)
1938-1939
Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grade 3), Violet Labey (grades 1-2), Margaret Alice Lawson (grades 4-5), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grades 6-7), William John Robinson (grade 8)
1939-1940
Doreen Bernice Handell (grade 4), Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grades 2-3), Violet Labey (grades 1-2), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grades 6-7), William John Robinson (grades 7-8), Clarence R. M. Warren (grades 5-6)
1940-1941
Frances Susanna Claribelle Breadner (grades 4-5), Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grade 3), Violet Labey (grades 1-2), Ooney Olive MacDonald (grades 6-7), William John Robinson (grades 7-8), Clarence R. M. Warren (grades 5-6)
1941-1942
Frances Susanna Claribelle Breadner (grades 4-5), Freda Mary Hoole (grades 5-6, May-June), Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grades 3-4), Violet Labey (grades 1-2), William John Robinson (grade 8), Marie Saloman (grades 6-7), Clarence R. M. Warren (grades 5-6, September-April)
1942-1943
Edith Alberta Gunn (grades 4-5), Freda Mary Hoole (grades 5-6), Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grades 3-4), Marie Saloman Houston (grades 6-7), Violet Labey (grades 1-2), William John Robinson (grades 7-8)
1943-1944
Edith Alberta Gunn (grades 4-5), Eletta Muriel Hopkins (grade 3), Carrie Evelyn Hatch (grade 4), Marie Saloman Houston (grades 6-7), Violet Labey (grades 1-2), William John Robinson (grades 7-8)
1944-1945
William Harold Copeland (grades 7-8), Christena Emily Curry (grades 5-6, March & May-June), Freda Mary Hoole (grades 5-6, September-December & April), Violet Labey (grades 1-2), Emily Anne Mansell (grade 4), Janet Catherine McCuaig (grades 6-7), Mrs. Osterland (grades 5-6, January-February), Lillian Minerva Stevenson (grade 3)
1945-1946
Bernice Brimmell (grades 5-6, September-December), Violet Labey, Emily Anne Mansell (grades 4-5), Janet Catherine McCuaig (grades 6-7), Ina Margaret McIntyre (grades 5-6, January-June), Sylvia Ashley Retallick (grades 2-4, April-June), Willa Margaret Thachur (grades 7-8), Frances Muriel Wilman (grades 2-3, September-December; grades 2-4, January-March)
1946-1947
Clarence Alexander Brunton (grade 8), Violet Labey (grades 1-2), Emily Anne Mansell (grades 4-5), Janet Catherine McCuaig (grade 7), Ina Margaret McIntyre (grade 6), Margaret Herborg Munson (grades 3-4), Mabel Grace Ryall (grade 4)
1947-1948
Elizabeth Mae Blair (grade 2), Clarence Alexander Brunton (grade 8), Gladys Isabelle Burt (grade 1), Daphne Olive Brynelson (grade 2), Violet Labey (grade 1), Emily Anne Mansell (grade 5), Janet Catherine McCuaig (grade 7), Mildred Mae Morrow (grade 6), Margaret Herborg Munson (grade 3), Mabel Grace Ryall (grade 4)
1948-1949
Clarence Alexander Brunton (grade 8), Gladys Isabelle Burt (grade 1), Hermina Arendina Curiston (grades 2-3), Violet Labey (grades 1-2), Emily Anne Mansell (grade 5), Janet Catherine McCuaig (grade 7), Elizabeth Anne McNamara (grade 2, April-June), Margaret Herborg Munson (grade 3), Mabel Grace Ryall (grade 4), Christine Sveinson (grade 1), Elizabeth Mae Blair Ward (grade 2, September-March)
1949-1950
Mrs. G. Anderson (grade ?), Gladys Isabelle Burt (grade 1), Frances Leonore Cowie (grade 4), Hermina Arendina Curiston (grade 2), Emily Anne Mansell Fitzpatrick (grade 5), Violet Labey, Margaret Herborg Munson (grade 3)
1950-1951
Grace Anderson (grade 2), Mary Patricia Armstrong (grade 6), Gladys Isabelle Burt (grade 1, September-October), Frances Leonore Cowie (grades 3-4), Patricia Ruth Elliott (grade 2), Emily Anne Mansell Fitzpatrick (grade 4), Mildred Violet Glover (grade 1, November-December), Violet Labey (grade 1), Margaret Herborg Munson (grade 3), Marie Elizabeth Murray (grade 1, January-June),
1951-1952
Mary Patricia Armstrong (grade 6), Emily Anne Mansell Fitzpatrick (grade 5), Joy Vivian Anne Gordon (grade 6), Violet Labey (grade 1), Margaret Herborg Munson (grade 3), Marie Elizabeth Murray (grade 1), Samuel Allan Murray (grades 5-6),
1952-1953
?
1953-1954
Frances Leonore Cowie (grade 3), ?
1954-1955
?
1955-1956
Carmen Marie Allard (grade 2), ?
1956-1957
Jacob Bergman (grade 7), Ina Elizabeth Coulter (grade 7, October-December), Michael Richard Firman (grade 8), Thomas Walter Kelly (grade 7), Janet Catherine McCuaig (grade 7, September), Jean Osobel McIntosh (grade 6), Anne M. Murray (grade 7, January-June), Abe Penner (grade 7), Marion Robina Smith (grade 8), James Edward Terris (grade 8), Helen McRae Waddell (grade 7), Florence T. Whittaker (grade 8)
1957-1958
Jacob Bergman (grade 7), Michael Richard Firman (grade 8), Thomas Walter Kelly (grade 7), Abe Penner (grade 7), Harold Dahl Robinson (grade 9), Harry Sharpe (grade 8, September-October & December), Mildred Violet Glover (grade 8, January-June), Marion Robina Smith (grade 8), R. H. Stevens (grade 8, August & November), James Edward Terris (grade 8), Helen McRae Waddell (grade 8), Florence T. Whittaker (grade 7)
1958-1959
Jacob Bergman (grade 7), Sandra Connor (grade 7), Michael Richard Firman (grade 8), Mildred Violet Glover (grade 8), Thomas Walter Kelly (grade 6), Jean Isobel McIntosh (grade 6), Pete Neufeld (grade 8, October-June), Beverly E. Olds (grade 1), Marna Temple (grade 8, August), Helen McRae Waddell (grade 8)
1959-1960
Jacob Bergman (grade 8), Michael Richard Firman (grade 8), Marie Gauer (grade 7), Thomas Walter Kelly (grade 7), K. J. Madden (grade 7) Pete Neufeld (grade 8), Marion Robina Smith (grade 8), Helen McRae Waddell (grade 8)
The former General Steele School building (1994)
Source: Murray Peterson, City of Winnipeg
The former General Steele School building when in use as a dance studio (1996)
Source: Murray Peterson, City of Winnipeg
The former General Steele School building prior to its demolition (2005)
Source: Murray Peterson, City of WinnipegSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84593, W97.14439
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: De-Designated Buildings in Winnipeg
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sir Sam Steele School (15 Chester Street, Winnipeg)
“Fort Garry’s school system shows great development,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 September 1922, page 5.
“The Rural Municipality of Fort Garry - Fort Garry School District No. 2047,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 June 1923, page 20.
“Fort Garry,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 July 1923, page 16.
“Fort Garry,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 August 1923, page 16.
“News from the suburbs,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 September 1923, page 11.
“Fort Garry,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 December 1923, page 6.
“News of the suburbs,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 June 1928, page 6.
“News of the suburbs,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 August 1929, page 6.
“News of the suburbs,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 June 1930, page 16.
“News of the suburbs,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 September 1934, page 23.
“News of the suburbs,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1936, page 34.
“News of the suburbs [Fort Garry],” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 August 1937, page 30.
“Fort Garry notes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 September 1939, page 4.
“Fort Garry schools name teaching staffs,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 September 1939, page 23.
“Open house set at Fort Garry’s new high school,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August 1949, page 3.
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 Year Past 2005, Annual Report of the City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, City of Winnipeg, page 22.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Fort Garry School District No. 2047 (General Steele School) Daily Registers, GR10469, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Fort Garry School District No. 2047 (General Steele School) Daily Registers, GR10356, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Fort Garry School Division No. 5 (General Steel School) Daily Register, GR10356, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Murray Peterson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 28 May 2024
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