Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lorette West School No. 990 (RM of Tache)

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The Lorette West School District was established in October 1898 and a one-room schoolhouse operated on Lot 38, Range 9, Township 4E of Lorette Parish in the Rural Municipality of Tache. In 1966, the district was dissolved and its area became part of the Lorette Consolidated School District and later the Seine River School Division.

Lorette West School

Lorette West School (no date) by R. Goulet
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 35.

Approximate Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.76583, W96.92532
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Dugald West topographic map, 62H/15, 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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 April 2021

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