Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hudson School No. 2045 (RM of Riding Mountain West)

The Hudson School District was established formally in June 1920. A school building operated on the southwest quarter of 26-23-27 west of the Principal Meridian in what is now the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West. It closed in 1966 and thereafter its remaining students were transported by bus to Inglis Consolidated School No. 2458. The former school building remains at the site, used for storage of agricultural equipment. A commemorative sign stands next to it.

Among the teachers of Hudson School was Mrs. Julia Busch (early 1950s).

Hudson School

Hudson School (no date) by H. L. Albright
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 83.

The former Hudson School building

The former Hudson School building (circa 1990)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 167.

The former Hudson School building, now being used for storage

The former Hudson School building, now being used for storage (June 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Hudson School commemorative sign

Hudson School commemorative sign (June 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.00742, W101.16015
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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.

R.M. of Boulton: Once Upon a Century, 1884-1984 by R.M. of Boulton, 1986, pages 36-38.

The School District of Pozir #2206 by the Pozir School and District Reunion Committee, April 1998, page 13.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 June 2023

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