The Coldstream School District was organized formally in March 1887, named for nearby Stony Creek, with classes in a one-room frame building erected the previous year on donated land at SW18-15-16 west of the Principal Meridian. In 1913, a new building was built, featuring indoor toilets and a back porch to store wood and coal for the classroom furnace. There was also a barn to house the animals on which students rode to school. In 1953, due to low enrolment, pupils were transported to Franklin School. The school district was dissolved in July 1966 and the building was sold to a local farmer. A monument, unveiled on 26 July 1992, is dedicated to the pioneers, residents, students, teachers, and trustees of this area.
Coldsteam School (no date) by W. C. Hartley
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 54.
Coldstream School commemorative monument (2010)
Source: Allan DrysdaleSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.27017, W99.67680
denoted by symbol on the map above
The Beautiful Plains Story: 1983-2008 by Neepawa and Area History Committee, 2008, page 162.
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 Allan Drysdale and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 February 2021
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