Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whitemouth Lake School No. 1672 (RM of Piney)

The Whitemouth Lake School District was established in March 1913 and a log schoolhouse operated at NE29-3-13E in what would become the Rural Municipality of Piney. The building was destroyed by fire on 26 July 1952 and a new wood frame schoolhouse was constructed as a replacement.

Among the teachers who worked at Whitemouth Lake School were Leonard Domaschuk (1952-1953), Nadia Hleck, and George Alexander Ferley (1962-1963).

The original Whitemouth Lake School building (no date) by Clarence Moore Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 14. The second Whitemouth Lake School building, constructed in 1952 (circa 1952) Source: Leonard Domaschuk Teacher Leonard Domaschuk with students outside the school building (circa 1952) Source: Leonard Domaschuk Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.25072, W95.78794 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whitemouth School No. 139 (Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth)

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.

Pine Valley Echoes: A History of Badger, Menisino and Piney by Piney Area History Book Committee, 1988. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.P55Pin]

We thank Doris Hovorka (Sprague and District Historical Museum) and Leonard Domaschuk for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 June 2021

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