The Monar School District was established formally in March 1902 and a school building was erected on the southwest quarter 8-18-1 west of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong. In 1936, the district was dissolved and its catchment area became part of the Armstrong Municipal School District No. 1842. The school closed from 1949 to 1951, opened for a year, then closed until 1954. It closed permanently in 1959 and students were bused to Cossette School. The former school building was sold. Nothing remains at the site except a few remnants of its foundation.
Among the teachers who worked at Monar School through the years were Gilbert Radcliffe (1906), Emily Inkster (1909, 1910, 1918-1920), H. H. Cooper (1910), Ernest A. Frayne (1911), L. H. Riddle (1912), Elsie Mary Packer (1913, 1917, 1920-1924), Jessie A. McTavish (1914), Emily Kelsey (1915), Mary Compayre? (1916-1917), Emma J. D. Moore (1925-1927), Grace Anderson (1927), Jessie E. Wilchman (1927-1928), Florence R. Harkness (1928-1930), Marjorie Jean Lavender (1930-1932), Grace Davies (1932-1934), Thelma J. Williams (1934), Cecilia Smillie (1934), Margaret Anne Parker (1935), Nellie Louisa White (1936-1938), Margaret Eleanor Ashley (1938-1939), Freida Thordarson (1940-1942), Olga Susick (1942-1943), Dudrey Violet Patterson (1944-1945), J. Morin, and P. Humphrey.
Monar School (no date) by M. Hall-Jones
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 70.
A concrete step is all that remains of the former Monar School building (June 2011)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.50727, W97.59761
denoted by symbol on the map above
School District Formation Files [Armstrong Municipal School District No. 1842], GR1688, E0027, 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.
The Interlake Beckoned: A History of Inwood and Surrounding Districts by Inwood History Book Committee, 1980. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.I59 Int]
Manitoba School Records Collection, Monar School District No. 1166 Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 22 January 2021
Historic Sites of Manitoba
This is a collection of historic sites in Manitoba compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. The information is offered for historical interest only.
Browse lists of:
Museums/Archives | Buildings | Monuments | Cemeteries | Locations | OtherInclusion in this collection does not confer special status or protection. Official heritage designation may only come from municipal, provincial, or federal governments. Some sites are on private property and permission to visit must be secured from the owner.
Site information is provided by the Manitoba Historical Society as a free public service only for non-commercial purposes.
Send corrections and additions to this page
to the MHS Webmaster at webmaster@mhs.mb.ca.Help us keep history alive!
