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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipegosis School No. 1020 (Winnipegosis, RM of Mossey River)
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This location in the Village of Winnipegosis is the site for the former Winnipegosis School, and also site for the present-day school. The district was established formally in May 1899.
Principals
Period
Principal
?-?
David Bruce Huggins (1879-1955)
?-1909
William Alexander Shannon (1883-?)
1919-1920
Arthur Victor Balam Lamont (1887-1937)
1920-1921
Francis Kethel “Frank” Coleridge (1865-1944)
1921-1924
Jean M. McLaren
1924-1927
Willard Elwin Fife (1873-1944)
1927-1945
Henry Lambert Williams (1890-1976)
1945-1949
John Peter Packota (?-?)
1949-1956
Mrs. E. A. Howatson
1956-1957
Teresa Moloney (1899-1983)
1957-1959
Wesley Henry Sametz (1917-2009)
1959-1960
Gordon Alexander Henderson (1920-1993)
1960-1967
Harry W. Chornoboy
1967-1968
M. Andrusiak
1968-1970
J. Tkach
1970-1972
William “Bill” Welsh (1936-2017)
1972-1987
Lois Dawn Tomes Fredrickson (1928-2018)
Teachers
Among the teachers of Winnipegosis School were Rufus F. Meadows (1911), Isobel St. Clair Loutit, Margaret Creighton, Mary Borowski (1938), Pauline McArthur (1938), R. R. Cooper (1938), T. Lautit (1938), V. Madder (1938), J. Presunka (1938), D. Rasmussen (1938), U. Goodman (1938), J. P. Dyck (1938), W. J. Madder (?), and Henry T. Thiessen.
Photos & Coordinates
Winnipegosis School (circa 1915)
Source: Education Department Report, 1915, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Winnipegosis School, primary school building (no date) by J. S. Peach
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 41.
Winnipegosis School, senior school building (no date) by J. S. Peach
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 41.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.64965, W99.92849
denoted by symbol on the map above
Sources:
“The local round,” Dauphin Herald, 20 October 1938, page 9.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Winnipegosis, Man,” Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association map, 26 July 1919, Archives of Manitoba.
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 Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 July 2019
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