The Don School District was organized formally in November 1915 and a school building was erected at this site in the Rural Municipality of Mossey River. In 1967, it joined the Duck Mountain School Division. The building remained at the site for some time but, as of 2012, has been demolished with only the concrete foundation remaining. The teacherage was still standing.
Don School (no date) by J. S. Peach
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 40.
Don School teacherage (no date) by J. S. Peach
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 40.
The former Don School building (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 800.
Concrete foundation of the former Don School building (May 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Don School teacherage (May 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.53873, W99.80915
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Mossey River Schools Monument (Fork River, RM of Mossey River)
MHS Resources: Manitoba Bricks and Blocks
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.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 February 2021
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