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Located on Cathcart Street in the Charleswood suburb of Winnipeg, this elementary school was built in 1987 and named after the former Pacific Junction Railway Station, which previously stood at the eastern corner of Elmhurst Road and Wilkes Avenue. There, in the early 1900s, the Canadian Northern Railway line merged with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line, forming a single track towards Winnipeg. The first trains arrived around 1905, with the Loudoun School built nearby in 1910, and a post office following two years later. A bronze plaque commemorating the pioneers of the early Pacific Junction was presented to the school by the Charleswood Historical Society.
The 32,000-square-foot Pacific Junction School was built by the Taubensee Construction Company on designs of the Winnipeg architectural firm MCM Architects at a cost of about $2.5 million. It opened to students in September 1987 and was officially opened at a ribbon-cutting event on 30 November 1987 attended by Assiniboine South School Division Board Chairman Ron Statham, Assistant Deputy Minister (Administration and Finance) Tim Sale on behalf of Education Minister Roland Penner, Community Services Minister Maureen Hemphill, Charleswood MLA Jim Ernst, Vice-President of the Charleswood Historical Society Len Van Roon, Principal Paul Gluck, John Guenther Taubensee of Taubensee Construction, and Glen Cockburn of MCM Architects. The K-6 school features an independent daycare facility and a 750-square-foot community room, cost-shared between the Assiniboine South (now Pembina Trails School Division) and the City’s Parks and Recreation Division.
Period
Principal
1987-1996
Paul Gluck
1996-1998
Xavier Abrioux
1998-2006
Cindy Tinsley
2006-2008
Elaine MacDougall
2008-2011
Janet Gray
2011-?
?
2018-?
Caterina Romeo-Mzakar
?-?
Kathy Bru
2019-2022
Troy Calder
Period
Vice-Principal
1989-1991
Robert “Rob” Williams
1991-1996
Pat Bottrell
1996-1998
Cindy Tinsley
1998-2001
Laura Zimmerman
2001-2005
Elaine MacDougall
Among the teachers of Pacific Junction School was Pat Bottrell (1988-2007).
Pacific Junction School (June 2020)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85071, W97.25401
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Prain and Ward / Ward and Macdonald / Macdonald, Cockburn, McLeod, and McFeetors / MCM Architects
Manitoba Business: Taubensee Construction Company
“Pacific Junction officially opens,” Winnipeg Free Press Weekly Southwest Edition, 6 December 1987, page 1.
“School named after rail station,” Winnipeg Free Press Weekly Southwest Edition, 6 December 1987, page 4.
“Kids craft empty bowls to fill empty bellies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 November 2004, page B8.
“It's a playground again,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 October 2007, page A6.
We thank Pat Bottrell, Steven Christianson, Margaret Stimson, and David Beer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 6 September 2024
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