Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minnedosa School No. 232 / Minnedosa North School (Minnedosa)

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By 1909, overcrowding at Minnedosa’s “South School” necessitated the construction of a second school at this location. Built at a cost of $17,230 on a design by Winnipeg architect William Wallace Blair, it was used as an elementary and high school until 1954, when the Crossley Collegiate Institute (precursor of today’s Minnedosa Collegiate) was built nearby. The building was demolished in 1971. A commemorative monument was erected at the site in July 1993.

Noteworthy graduates of the North School include William Harold Fishman.

Principals

Period

Principal

1890-1909

See Minnedosa South School

1909-1912

Herbert Hanford “Harry” McIntosh (1880-1953)

1912-1949

James Crossley (1886-1970)

1949-1952

Charles Kenneth “Ken” Gorrie (1910-1990)

1952-1956

Jack Hersey Gibson (1917-2009)

1956-1957

Mary M. Macdonald

1957-1965

Keith Edward Malcolm (1930-2017)

1965-1966

H. K. Long

1966-1972

Max P. Schatz

1972-1973

Harold Gilleshammer

Teachers

Among the teachers of Minnedosa North School were Duane Duff (1952-1953) and Lloyd Stanley Borland.

Photos & Coordinates

Minnedosa High School

Minnedosa High School (circa 1909)
Source: Education Department Report, 1909, Manitoba Legislative Library.

Postcard view of Minnedosa North School

Postcard view of Minnedosa North School (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2011-0033.

Minnedosa North School

Minnedosa North School (no date) by W. C. Hartley
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 81.

Minnedosa North Ward School

Minnedosa North Ward School (1939)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7454, Album 21, Page 71.

Minnedosa North School monument

Minnedosa North School monument (August 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Minnedosa North School monument

Minnedosa North School monument (August 2023)
Source: Glen Toews

Minnedosa North School monument

Minnedosa North School monument (August 2023)
Source: Glen Toews

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.25343, W99.84211
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minnedosa School No. 232 / Minnedosa South School (Minnedosa)

Personal Memoirs: Memories of Teaching at Minnedosa North School (1952-1953)

Sources:

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

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.

We thank Dorothy Brooking for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 June 2024

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