The Minniska School District was organized formally in September 1888 and a school building was subsequently erected on the southeast quarter of 28-21-27 west of the Principal Meridian in what is now the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West. It closed in 1967. The building is no longer at the site but a sign commemorates it.
Among the teachers of Minniska School was A. E. Newton.
Minniska School commemorative sign (June 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.83043, W101.17115
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Silver Creek Centennial Monument (Angusville, RM of Riding Mountain West)
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 Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 February 2021
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