The Lone Spruce School District was formally established in May 1919, with schoolhouses being operated at NW16-18-10W, SW18-18-10W, and NW8-18-10W in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa. The first school building was built by Ed Johnson during the summer of 1920. The district operated a classroom from 1920-1927, after which students were transported out-of-district to other adjacent schools. In March 1938, its catchment area was added to the Amaranth School District. Only some chunks of concrete from the schoolhouse foundation remained at its last-known site at the time of a 2018 visit.
The teachers of Lone Spruce School were C. K. Johnson (pt Fall 1920), Helen Green (pt Fall 1920), G. N. Jenkins (Spring 1921), L. B. Williams (Fall 1921 - pt Spring 1921), L. F. Fraser (pt Spring 1921 - Spring 1923), ? (Spring 1924), Jean M. Hall (Fall 1924 - Spring 1925), Lily Erlendson (Fall 1925 - pt Spring 1926), Annie E. Anderson (pt Spring 1926), and H. R. McConnell (Fall 1926 - Spring 1927).
Lone Spruce School (no date) by C. K. Rogers
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 72.
Site of the former Lone Spruce School (November 2018)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Location (lat/long): N50.53532, W98.82084
denoted by symbol on the map above
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Lone Spruce School District No. 1984, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), Lone Spruce School District No. 1984, GR1630, Archives of Manitoba.
Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), Lone Spruce School District No. 1864 - Cash Book, GR1629, Archives of Manitoba.
Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), Lone Spruce School District No. 1864, GR7883, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), 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.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 3 February 2024
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