The Grahamdale School District was established formally in June 1913 and a schoolhouse operated in Grahamdale (about SW15-28-8W) in what would later become the Rural Municipality of Grahamdale. In 1967, the district was dissolved and its catchment area became part of the Lakeshore School Division.
Grahamdale School (no date) by J. H. Plewes
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 16.
The former Grahamdale School building, now a community centre (June 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Grahamdale School building, now a community centre (May 2024)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.39698, W98.50393
denoted by symbol on the map above
Steep Rock topographic map, 62O/7, Edition 1, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].
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.
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 May 2024
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