Historic Sites of Manitoba: Landmark School No. 2033 (RM of Tache)

The Landmark School District was established formally in May 1920 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at SE22-8-5E in the Rural Municipality of Tache. The district was dissolved in 1968 and its catchment area became part of the Hanover School Division.

Among the teachers of Landmark School were Jacob Peter Friesen (1928-1937) and George Neufeld (1959-1960).

Landmark School with teacherage at right

Landmark School with teacherage at right (no date) by R. Goulet
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3.

Landmark School

Landmark School (no date) by J. E. S. Dunlop
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3.

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.67930, W96.82211
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Ste. Anne West topographic map, 62H/10 West, Edition 2, 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 Margaret Friesen for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 February 2024

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