Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Patrick School No. 1485 (Municipality of Ste. Rose)

The St. Patrick School District was established in December 1908 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at SW27-24-15W in what is now the Municipality of Ste. Rose. In 1961, the district was dissolved and its area became part of the Ste. Rose du Lac Consolidated School District and later the Turtle River School Division. The former school building was later used as a workshop but was standing vacant at the time of a 2014 site visit. It was demolished in the fall of 2017.

St. Patrick School

St. Patrick School (no date) by H. J. Everall
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 126.

The former St. Patrick School building

The former St. Patrick School building (May 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

The former St. Patrick School building

The former St. Patrick School building (May 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Interior of the former St. Patrick School building

Interior of the former St. Patrick School building (May 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.10189, W99.50023
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Valpoy West topographic map, 62O/3 West, Edition 1, Series A743 [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 Wayne Inkster for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 April 2021

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