The stone for a monument commemorating Goudney School at this site in the Municipality of Louise was obtained from the former community of Preston, which was situated one-quarter mile north of here. Preston was the first post office in the area. Near the monument is an iron boiler from the former sawmill that operated at Preston, from 1879 until it was destroyed by fire in 1881.
After Goudney School closed in 1966, the building stood empty until 1990 when it was cut into three pieces, moved to N49.21313, W98.93537, and reassembled. There, the owners undertook significant renovations with plans to turn the former schoolhouse into an art shop known as the Goudney Gallery. Those plans were not fulfilled and, at the time of a 2025 site visit, the building was used for storage.
Goudney School commemorative monument (October 2011)
Source: Ed Grassick
Goudney School commemorative monument (September 2025)
Source: Jean McManus
Plaque on the Goudney School commemorative monument (September 2025)
Source: Jean McManus
Steam boiler from the former Preston sawmill (June 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Goudney School building (September 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 628.
The former Goudney School building (September 2025)
Source: Jean McManus
The former Goudney School building (September 2025)
Source: Jean McManusSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.20704, W98.95208
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Goudney School No. 87 (RM of Louise)
Chronicles of Our Heritage by the People of Snowflake: Pioneer Stories from Clearwater, Crystal City and Pilot Mound, 1970. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.S62 Chr]
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 Jean McManus, Tighe McManus, Maurice Geddes, and Jane Geddes for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Ed Grassick and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 September 2025
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