West Lynne School opened at this site near Emerson, in what is now the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin, in October 1880 and closed in 1939.
West Lynne School commemorative monument (2010)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.00400, W97.22753
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: West Lynne Town Site (Emerson, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: East Lynne School No. 1180 (Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)
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.
“History of West Lynne School - S.D. No. 459 (1880-1939)” by Lillian Florkosky Empson, Rural School Reunion, July 1994: Aux Marais, Dufferin, Manchester, Post Road, Stockport, West Lynne by the School Reunion Committee, 1994, 29 pages.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 January 2021
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