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The Shell River School District was established formally in December 1906 and a school operated at an unknown location within the Rural Municipality of Shell River (now within the Municipality of Roblin), possibly in general vicinity of 14-26-28 West of the Prime Meridian where, in 1911, its teacher was boarded by a local family.
The district’s catchment area was defined as Sections 1-3, 10-15, and 22-24 of Township 26 Range 28 West, Sections 6-7 and 18-19 of Township 26 Range 27 West, and Sections 34-36 of Township 25 Range 28W. In November 1911, the district was consolidated into the Goose Lake School District No. 1283.
The Shell River name would be re-used in March 1919 with the founding of the Shell River School District No. 1971.
The teachers of Shell River School were Mary P. Hume (Spring 1909), Clara M. Henderson (Fall 1909), Elsie Gardner (Spring 1910), Ellen Carlson? (Spring 1910), A. Gregory? (Fall 1910), Verna Bissett (Fall 1910), and Annie W. Arnott (Spring-Fall 1911).
Shell River School (circa 1911)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspector Photos GR2664, C65.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.24312, W101.29054
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Shell River School No. 1971 (RM of Riding Mountain West)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Goose Lake Consolidated School No. 1283 / Roblin Collegiate Institute (Roblin, Municipality of Roblin)
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Shell River School District No. 1403, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
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.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 14 October 2024
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