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Dandurand School, in the village of Haywood in the Rural Municipality of Grey, was named in honour of Father Damase Dandurand, the first Canadian Oblate Father. The school district was formed in 1922 and became part of the Mountain School Division in 1971. Due to declining enrollment, Dandurand School closed in 1991. The wood frame and stucco building was later demolished and replaced at the site by a monument, dedicated to the students, parents, and teachers of the school.
Period
Principal
1950-1952
Sister Marie Lucie Morin
1952-1953
Sister Marie Alice
1953-1955
Sister B. Lanthier
1955-1956
Sister Marie Alice
1956-1957
Sister Blandine Chaput
1957-1958
Sister Marie Cecile
1958-1959
Sister Marie-Therese
1959-1962
Sister Yvonne
No information.
Dandurand School (no date) by A. J. Manning
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 87.
Dandurand School (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 506.
Dandurand School commemorative monument (August 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Dandurand School commemorative monument (April 2023)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.66901, W98.19760
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 May 2023
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