The Haig School District was established in July 1916, probably commemorating British military officer Douglas Haig (1861-1928) who founded the British Legion and Poppy Day. A one-room schoolhouse operated at NE4-31-22W in what is now the Municipality of Ethelbert.
Among the teachers of Haig School were Theodore Boresky (1917-1919), Andrew Mykytiuk (1919-1922), J. S. Koltek (1921-1922), Michael P. Sytnick (1922-1923), Theodore Humeniuk (1922-1923), John Hnat Syrnick (1923-1925, 1936-1941), Mary Gregor (1925-1926), J. T. Dutchak (1926-1928), J. Nazarewich (1928-1929), John C. Nizibrocky (1929-1930), Alexander John Burtnyk (1930-1933, 1944-1945), Michael Russin (1933-1934), Michael J. Syrnyk (1934-1936), William Sianchuk (1941-1943), Alice Burtnyk (1943-1944), Michael S. Shewchuk (1945-1948), Dmetro Kozak (1948-1949), Michael Kotyluk (1949-1950), Nestor Wasyluk (1950-1955), Alex Fedirchuk (1955-1956), Olga Didyk (1956-1958), Margaret Gingera (1958-1959), Hellar Prysiazniuk (1959-1962), Martin Fydirchuk (1962-1964), Rupert Chmelowski (1964-1966), and Gloria Rizok (1966-1967).
In 1967, the district was dissolved and its catchment area became part of the Duck Mountain School Division.
Haig School (circa 1919)
Source: Education Department Report, 1919, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Haig School (no date) by J. S. Peach
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 43.
The former Haig School building (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 380.
The former Haig School building (May 2014)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.62635, W100.51083
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Earl Haig School (First Street, Brandon)
Singush Lake East topographic map, 62N/10 East, Edition 2, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].
In Memory of our Pioneers: History of Garland and District, 1874-1985 by Garland History Book Committee, 1989, pages 145-153.
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: 26 April 2026
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