Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riverton Collegiate Institute (Main Street, Riverton, Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton)

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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This secondary school on Main Street in Riverton, in the Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton, was opened in 1961. A gymnasium was constructed on its far end in the 1970s. A few exterior renovations were made prior to 2013 and it has since had thorough exterior work.

Principals

Period	Principal
1961-1964	Peter Michael Onysko (1906-1993)
1964-1967	Abe J. Friesen
1967-1968	A. J. Hall
1968-1970	A. Mekelburg
1970-1975	Keith Eliasson
1975-?	?
?-2002	Brent Chalmers
2002-2016	Thomas M. Kowalchuk

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1961-1962	?
1962-1963	?
1963-1964	H. Bjarnasson, R. Gourluck, W. Johannesson, Miss A. Kaminsky, W. Wawrykow
1964-1965	?
1965-1966	?
1966-1967	?
1967-1968	?
1968-1969	Elta Horn Atkins Borrowman Larson, ?
1969-1970	?
1970-1971	?
1971-1972	?
1972-1973	?
1973-1974	?
1974-1975	Donalee Beveridge, Mark Carlow, Melanie Grechen, Frank Gustaw, Doris Luprypa, Marcel Matte, Kenneth McCurdy, Eric McKinnon, Lloyd Roche

Photos & Coordinates

Riverton Collegiate Institute (2003) Source: Thomas M. Kowalchuk Riverton Collegiate Institute (June 2013) Source: Thomas M. Kowalchuk Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.99313, W97.00187 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lundi School / Riverton School No. 587 (Riverton, Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton)

Sources:

“Teaching staff named at Gimli,” Arborg Lake Centre News and Manitouwapa Times, 23 August 1963, page 1.

“Evergreen Division teaching staff,” Arborg Lake Centre News and Manitouwapa Times, 27 August 1974, page 4.

We thank Thomas M. Kowalchuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 January 2025

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