The New Valley School District was established in June 1923 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at SW33-22-1E in the Rural Municipality of Bifrost. In 1967, the district was dissolved and its area became part of the Evergreen School Division. As of 2015, the former school building was still standing at the site, along with the concrete foundation of its teacherage.
Among the teachers of New Valley School was Nicholas Melnychuk (1950-?).
New Valley School (no date) by H. D. Cumming
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 95.
The former New Valley School building (May 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former New Valley School building (June 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Interior of the former New Valley School building (May 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of the former New Valley School building (June 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Foundation of the New Valley School teacherage (May 2015)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.93497, W97.41240
denoted by symbol on the map above
Arborg topographic map, 62I/14, Edition 1, Series A743 [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.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 January 2023
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