Ridge Road School was established in 1893. The original one-room school house was situated in the southwest quarter of 9-11-6 west of the Principal Meridian in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie. The school was the focal point of the community, providing a place for meetings, dances, church services, concerts, and picnics. Destroyed by fire in 1929, its replacement South Ridge Road School was built on this site SW3-11-6 in 1930 and continued to operate until January 1967, when it closed and was merged with Prairie Central Consolidated School No. 2456. The building was sold to a local farmer who moved it to his yard for use as a workshop. A monument at the former school site was erected on 29 June 1997 and dedicated to the students, teachers, trustees, and pioneers of the area.
The original Ridge Road School (no date) by A. B. Fallis
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 116.
South Ridge Road School (no date) by A. B. Fallis
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 116.
South Ridge Road School commemorative monument (September 2010)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88707, W98.21493
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: North Ridge Road School No. 730 (RM of Portage la Prairie)
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.
Rural Schools of Portage la Prairie School Division #24 by Muriel Wright, 1996.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 February 2021
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