Historic Sites of Manitoba: Victoria Lake School No. 446 (RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain)

The Victoria Lake School District was established formally in July 1885 and a school building was erected on the northeast quarter of 12-1-18 west of the Principal Meridian, in what is now the Rural Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain. The school closed in 1960 when it was consolidated with Lena Consolidated School No. 1393. The school building is no longer present at the site but a metal sign commemorates it.

Among the teachers of Victoria Lake School were James Magwood (1886), Martha Friesen (1960), and Miss Olive Christianson.

Victoria Lake School commemorative sign (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.02847, W99.75058 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Victoria Union School No. 302 (Municipality of Grassland)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Victoria-Albert School (Ellen Street, Winnipeg)

Sources:

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.

Reflections: Turtle Mountain Municipality and Killarney, 1882-1982, page 114.

We thank Marie Dueck for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 January 2021

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