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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Parkhill School No. 77 (RM of Stanley)

Parkhill School District was organized formally in February 1879 and a school building was constructed in the northeast quarter of 29-3-5 west of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. It closed in July 1965.

Among the teachers who taught at Parkhill School was Harry Grills (1889-1891).

Parkhill School

Parkhill School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 33.

Parkhill School commemorative monument

Parkhill School commemorative monument (October 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.24934, W98.09221
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Glengarry School No. 1419 (RM of Portage la Prairie)

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.

Sanford-Ferndale, 1871-1987 by Sanford-Ferndale History Committee, 1989, page 322.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 August 2020

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