A monument in the Municipality of Lorne commemorates St. Adelard School, originally known as Ecole Jacques Cartier, which was established in a building (represented by a scale model) in the southeast quarter of 28-6-9 west of the Principal Meridian, in December 1897. It closed in January 1960 and remaining students went to Notre Dame de Lourdes Consolidated School No. 2390. Another monument at the site commemorates the centenary of the Pantel family, who arrived in this area in 1891.
Some records for this school, including the names of pupils and attendance, are available at the Musee des Pionniers et des Chanoinesses (for 1906) and the Archives of Manitoba (for 1915).
St. Adelard School (no date) by G. H. Robertson
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 21.
St. Adelard School commemorative sign and replica (August 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
St. Adelard School commemorative sign and replica (July 2024)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Interior of St. Adelard School commemorative replica (August 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina
View of the former St. Adelard School on display at the Notre Dame Museum (November 2013)
Source: Notre Dame Museum
Pantel family commemorative monument (August 2020)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.50334, W98.61885
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.
We thank Thomas G. Paterson and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 August 2024
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