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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Soudan School No. 400 (Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)In 1886, Soudan School was a log building about 20 feet by 24 feet, with grades one to eight, and situated one half mile west of this site in what is now the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone. By 1900 the enrolment grew to 30 students and a larger, new school was built on this site. The school closed in 1966 and was later demolished. Among the teachers of Soudan School was P. D. Stewart (1897).
Sources:“The Indian famine fund,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1897, page 4. 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 Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 18 February 2021
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