In January 1902, the Southend School District was established formally in what is now the Municipality of North Norfolk. Known initially as Brampton School, the one-room frame structure was moved to a site on NE11-11-10 west of the Principal Meridian, in 1904. As Southend School, it served the area as an educational and social centre until 1964 when it was closed due to consolidation with MacGregor Consolidated School No. 2434. The former schoolhouse was moved to a farmyard about a half-mile to the south (about N49.90666, W98.71949) where it was used as a workshop. It was still standing, albeit in severely compromised condition, at the time of a 2012 site visit. A monument was dedicated at a ceremony on 2 July 1989 to students, teachers, and pioneers of the local area.
Among the teachers of Southend School was Francis Lowell “Frank” Palmer.
The former Southend School building (May 2008)
Source: Jordan Sawatzky
The former Southend School building (May 2008)
Source: Jordan Sawatzky
The former Southend School building (May 2008)
Source: Jordan Sawatzky
Interior of the former Southend School building (May 2008)
Source: Jordan Sawatzky
Southend School commemorative monument (September 2010)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91590, W98.72098
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
Through Fields and Dreams: A History of the Rural Municipality of North Norfolk and MacGregor by The History Book Committee of the North Norfolk-MacGregor Archives, 1998, page 1172.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jordan Sawatzky.
Page revised: 13 September 2022
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