The Parthenay School District was established in 1904 in the Rural Municipality of Grey and named in honour of the city of Parthenay, Deux-Sevre, France. A wooden frame school building was erected in 1906 on the southeast corner of SW4-9-7 west of the Principal Meridian. In 1948, it was replaced by new building and the old school was sold and moved to NE13-9-7W (about N49.74606, W98.27951) where it was used as a storage shed. After the consolidation of schools in 1960, the second school building was sold and moved to another site. A monument at the original site was dedicated on 25 September 1999 to the students, parents, teachers and trustees of Parthenay School.
The first Parthenay School building (no date) by A. J. Manning
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 97.
The first Parthenay School building, located at N49.74606, W98.27951 (October 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Parthenay School commemorative monument (August 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Parthenay School commemorative monument (April 2023)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.70967, W98.35797
denoted by symbol on the map above
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: 4 May 2023
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