The St. Vincent de Paul School District was established in April 1911 and, as of 1913, a one-room schoolhouse operated at SW16-23-14W in Ste. Amelie in what is now the Municipality of Ste. Rose. It was moved across from the Ste. Amelie Roman Catholic Church in 1942 and a second classroom was added to the north side of the building, to accommodate high school students. In 1961, it became the St. Vincent de Paul Consolidated School. By 1967, it had become part of the Turtle River School Division and the school closed three years later. The former school building was then used as a community centre.

The original St. Vincent de Paul School (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 141.

The original St. Vincent de Paul School, moved to a new site and expanded with a second classroom in 1942 (no date) by G. H. Marcou
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 141.

The former St. Vincent de Paul School building (circa 1990)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 1223.

The former St. Vincent de Paul School building (May 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.98493, W99.38379 denoted by symbol on the map above
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See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ste. Amelie School No. 1222 (Municipality of Ste. Rose)
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.
We thank Rosemarie Péloquin for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 February 2021
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