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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ste. Marie School No. 963 / Bruxelles Schools Monument (Bruxelles, Municipality of Lorne)
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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A monument beside the St. Gerard Church in Bruxelles in the Municipality of Lorne commemorates three school which operated in the vicinity of the town:
School
Period of Operation
Location(s)
Ste. Marie School No. 963
1888-1892
northeast corner of NE30-6-11W
1893-1906
SW32-6-11W
1906-present
present site
1897-1904
section 29 and 32 of Township 5, Range 11W
1904-1959
southwest corner of SW4-6-11W
1897-1904
southeast corner of SE22-6-11W
1904-1959
southwest corner of 14-6-11W
All three schools were merged in 1959 to become Ste. Marie Consolidated School No. 963.
Principals
Period
Principal
1940-1942
Sister Angela
1942-1943
Sister Gladys McGovern
1943-1946
Sister Angela
1946-1947
Sister Gladys McGovern
1947-1948
Sister Angela
1948-1956
Sister M. Aloysius
1956-1962
Apolline “Victorine” Hutlet (1921-2007)
Teachers
No information.
Photos & Coordinates
Bruxelles schools commemorative monument (August 2010)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.48650, W98.91864
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ste. Marie Convent and School / Ste. Marie Park Monument (Bruxelles, Municipality of Lorne)
Sources:
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
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.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 January 2021
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