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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Larkspur School No. 1850 (RM of Alonsa)

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The Larkspur School District was organized formally in December 1916, and a one-room schoolhouse operated near the southwest corner of NW12-25-12W in what was later the Rural Municipality of Alonsa. In 1967, the district was dissolved and its catchment area became part of the Turtle River School Division.

Among the teachers of Larkspur School was W. Harold Copeland (1932-1933).

Larkspur School

Larkspur School (no date) by H. J. Everall
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 45.

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.14996, W99.03158
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

School District Formation Files [Larkspur School District No. 1850], GR1688, E0027, Archives of Manitoba.

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 Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 April 2021

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