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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Louvain School No. 2083 (RM of South Norfolk)The Louvain School District was established formally in August 1921, named for Louvain University in Belgium. As of 1939, a one-room schoolhouse operated at SE25-8-8W in the Rural Municipality of South Norfolk, on land donated by Barthelemy Perroud. The school closed in 1953 due to low student enrollment. Four years later, the building was moved one-half mile east and renovated into a private residence. The district was dissolved in 1960 and its catchment area became part of the St. Claude Consolidated School District and later the Mountain School Division. A commemorative monument, unveiled on 25 September 1999, stands at the former school site. Among the teachers of Louvain School was Mrs. Geraldine Bonnefoy (1939).
Sources: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: 30 August 2015
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