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

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The Riverton School District was known originally as Lundi School District when it was established May 1885 and a school building operated in the village of Riverton in what is now the Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton. It was used for 30 years before being replaced, in 1919, by a four-classroom frame structure. Only three of the classrooms were used at first, until student attendance warranted opening the fourth classroom, in 1921. When additional classroom space was needed, a new two-room school was built. High school classes were held in the old school; one upstairs and two in its basement, prior to completion of the Riverton Collegiate building in 1961. The district became Riverton Consolidated School No. 2443 in 1966.

Noteworthy students of Riverton School include G. S. Thorvaldson.

Principals (Riverton School)

Period	Principal
1916-1917	Mrs. Oddur Olafson
1917-1918	Archibald Macdonald Headlam (1872-1943)
1918-1921	?
1921-1924	Edmund Herbert Leighton (1883-1954)
1924-1925	George W. King (?-?)
1925-1928	Agnar Rae Magnusson (1900-1996)
1928-1930	Mrs. Dorothy L. Clarke
1930-1931	Harold Melville Stinson (1904-1977)
1931-1942	Miss E. Arnason
1942-1943	Olafia Jonina Jonsson Melan (1887-1966)
1943-1944	David Langton MacDonald (1911-1957)
1944-1961	Peter Michael Onysko (1906-1993)
1961-1962	?
1962-1964	Mrs. Vigdis Petursson
1964-1974	?
1974-1975	Thor Johannson

Teachers

Among the early teachers who worked at Riverton School were Salin Petirsson (1889), Jon Runolfsson (1891), Gudrun Salina, Hildur Sigfusdottir, Bjorg Thorkelsson, Gisli J. Gislason, Jakobina Johannsson, Rosa Kristoffersson, Estelle Thompson, Jonasina Stefansson, Sveinfridur Gislason, Ingibjorg Bjornsdottir, Hildur J. Johnson, Valgerdur Jonasson, Berta Johnson, Kristin Lilja Kristjansson, Kristbjorg Oddson, Margaret Anderson, Hildur Arnason, Mrs. Svava Spring (1921-1931, 1953-1964), Sigga Ejolfson, Kristin Freda Benedictson, Vilberg Ejolfson, Agnar Magnusson, Kristin Skulason, and Jacob Derk Siemens.

Period	Teachers
1962-1963	Asa Johnson (grade 1), Margaret Johnson (grade 2), Jim Masyk (grades 6-7), Mary Onysko (grade 3), Svava Spring (grades 4-5), Irene Thorarinson (grades 5-6)
1963-1964	?
1964-1965	?
1965-1966	?
1966-1967	?
1967-1968	?
1968-1969	?
1969-1970	?
1970-1971	?
1971-1972	?
1972-1973	?
1973-1974	?
1974-1975	Hannes Boundy, Corinne Brandson, Garth Connell, Gail Eliasson, Percy Fuz, Margaret Johnson, Marion Korolyk, Susan Kowalsky, Irene Kwasiuk, Brenda Matte, Carol Myrowich, Brenda Riddell, Jeannette Roche, Gudrun Sigurdson, Heather Smith, Margaret Thorarinson, Shirley Tinski, Margaret Wishnowski

Photos & Coordinates

Riverton School (no date) by H. D. Cumming Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 92. Approximate Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.99851, W97.00337 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

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

Sources:

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

“Riverton news,” Arborg Lake Centre News and Manitouwapa Times, 18 September 1962, page 6.

A History of Education in the Evergreen School Division by John C. Gottfried, MA thesis, University of Manitoba, 1965.

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

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 March 2024

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