This site at NE21-7-2E in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald was the location of Macdonald School. Established formally in February 1883, the district was dissolved in 1953 and the students went to Domain Consolidated School No. 2342.
Macdonald School (no date) by E. D. Parker
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 81.
Macdonald School commemorative sign (September 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Macdonald School commemorative sign (August 2022)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59059, W97.25386
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Connor School No. 476 (Macdonald, RM of Portage la Prairie)
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.
Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (grant 12F-C101, 2012-2013).
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 September 2022
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