The North Antler School District was established formally in August 1887 and a school was erected the next year, on the northeast quarter of 9-2-28 west of the Principal Meridian, in what is now the Municipality of Two Borders. In 1897, it was moved to SE14-2-28W. The school closed in June 1951 and the district was merged into the Edward Municipal School District. The school building is no longer present at the site, but a monument commemorating it was dedicated in 1988.
Among the teachers who worked at North Antler School were W. W. Bride (1888-1890), R. L. Weaver (1891-1892), A. S. Thompson (1893), R. L. Ferguson (1894), Miss Archibald (1898-1899), Miss Newcombe (1899), Miss Drysdale (1900), H. J. Kinley (1901), Miss S. Poyner (1901), Miss Gray (1902), Miss J. Furtney (1903), Miss O. M. Burns (1904), Miss Southam (1905), Miss Haight (1905), Miss Grant (1906), Miss Mace (1907), Miss Manz (1908), Miss Bride (1908-1909), Miss M. Riddell (1910), Miss Prout (1910), Miss Lewis (1911), Miss Dowkes (1912), Miss G. Turner (1912-1913), W. E. Roberts (1913-1914), Ralph Mayes (1914-1915, 1919-1920), R. E. Banning (1915-1917), Miss A. Miller (1917-1919), Miss I. Burnett (1920-1921), Mrs. H. McNish (1920-1921, 1942-1943, 1944-1945), Miss E. Skelton (1921-1922), Miss M. Taylor (1922-1923, 1924-1925), B. Harold Stinson (1923-1924), Miss Mallock (1925-1926), Agnes Walker (1926-1929), Miss Helburn (1928), Mrs. McRae (1929-1930), Edith King (1930-1933), Marjorie Aldis (1933-1934), Phyliss Marshall (1934-1936), Hazel Aldis (1936-1938), Miss Otto (1937-1938), Miss Dafoe (1938-1939), Miss Smith (1939-1940), Miss Stewart (1940-1942), Doris Murray (1943-1945), Mavis Huget (1945-1946, 1947-1948), Miss V. Foster (1946-1947), Miss Eileen George (1948-1949), Miss McMillan (1949-1950), and Miss Amos (1950-1951).
North Antler School (no date) by George Hunter
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 78.
North Antler School commemorative monument (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
North Antler School commemorative monument (July 2024)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.11768, W101.16092
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: South Antler School No. 351 (Municipality of Two Borders)
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.
Harvests of Time: History of the R.M. of Edward by Edward History Book Committee, 1983, pages 165-170.
We thank Eileen George, George Stewart, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 August 2024
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