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The Pine River School District was organized formally in October 1905 and a school building was erected on the southwest quarter of 33-32-22 west of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Mountain. In 1919, a new two-room school was built by Ira Stratton and expanded with additional two classrooms in 1927. The school was completely destroyed by fire on 3 October 1952. Classes were held temporarily at the Pine River Town Hall and local United Church club room until a replacement facility was completed by the end of the school year. The district became the Pine River Consolidated School District No. 2438 in January 1966, which later became became part of the Duck Mountain School Division in April 1967.
Period
Principal
1934-1936
Alexander Danylchuk
1936-1939
Fred A. Rekrut
1939-1940
Irene A. Heim
1940-1945
William John Prochuk (1909-1983)
1945-1948
Dmytro W. “Dan” Hnatiuk (1912-2005)
1948-1951
T. S. Boyaniwsky
1951-1952
A. W. Catt
1952-1956
Harry W. Chornoboy
1956-1959
Orest Ziolkoski (1933-1997)
1959-1961
G. A. Rumble
1961-1965
Maurice Wesley “Moe” Cryderman (1909-1991)
1965-1966
E. M. McKay
1966-1969
S. M. Biluke
1969-1973
S. Didur
1973-1978
?
1978-1980
John Solomon
Among the early teachers of Pine River School were William Hrushovy (1913) and Stephen John Klym (1930s).
School Year
Teachers
1978-1979
Sylvia Bartko, Mabel Karpiak, Robert Kozar, Ann Krawchuk, Rose Overby, Verna Overby, Melvin Skulmoski
1979-1980
Sylvia Bartko, Mabel Karpiak, Robert Kozar, Anne Krawchuk, Rose Overby, Verna Overby, Melvin Skulmoski
The original Pine River School building (no date) by J. S. Peach
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 102.
Pine River School teacherage (no date) by J. S. Peach
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 102.Site Location (lat/long): N51.78606, W100.53070
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Night fire razes school at Pine River,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 October 1952, page 6.
“Rossburn hard hit in $30,000 blaze,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 October 1952, page 21.
“Pine River School District No. 1351,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 June 1953, page 27.
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.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Camperville students back early,” Dauphin Herald, 6 September 1978, page 2.
“Teachers ready for year at Duck Mountain School Div.,” Dauphin Herald, 12 September 1979, page 19.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Pine River School District No. 1351, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Eugene Hrushowy for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 June 2021
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