This school on Seventh Street NW in Portage la Prairie was designed by the Winnipeg architectural firm of Smith Carter Searle and Associates and constructed between 1961 and 1962. An annex was constructed in mid-1972.
A brick monument at La Verendrye School in Portage la Prairie supports the bell from the former North Ward School nearby.
La Verendrye School under construction (December 1961)
Source: PCI Archive, Vopni Press Collection, VP-1-00173-001.
La Verendrye School (August 1967)
Source: PCI Archive, Vopni Press Collection, VP-1-00087-007.
Construction of annex at La Verendrye School (August 1972)
Source: PCI Archive, Vopni Press Collection, VP-1-00172-002.
North Ward School commemorative monument (June 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.98433, W98.29578
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: North Ward School (535 Third Street NW, Portage la Prairie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: La Verendrye School (290 Lilac Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lafortune School No. 1304 / La Verendrye School (Woodridge, RM of Piney)
“Notice of tender,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 September 1961, page 48.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 December 2022
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