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The Northland School District was formed officially in June 1929 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at 15-29-1W in an unincorporated part of northern Manitoba. The school closed in 1966 and the district was dissolved in April 1967. The former school was later used as a hunting lodge.
Among the teachers of Northland School were Nora Good (1929-1934), Barbara Taylor (1935), John Hyman (1936), Mrs. Charles Carter (1936), Christina Swienson (1937-1939), A. Dobbyn (1940), James Albert Dorcas (1950), Eric Calrow (1951-1955), Vera Wylychenko (1956-1957, 1959-1962, 1963), Richard Collins (1958), Elizabeth Kehler (1958), Florence Wilson (1963), and Joseph E. Cooper (1963).
Northland School (no date) by D. S. Woods
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 113.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.47939, W97.51185
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sunny Valley School No. 2027 (Northern 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.
Yesterday's Dreams, Today's Memories: Dallas-Red Rose, Fisher Bay, Hodgson Area by Norsundal Cultural Group, 1985, pages 45, 114.
We thank Charlotte McCrae for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 May 2023
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