Pioneer
Schools in The R.M. of Arthur
5. South Antler School District
#351 (1915 – 1954)
Built on SE 6-2-27 by R.N. Wyatt.
Photo from “Our First Century"
6. Coultervale
School District #515 (1888- 1968)
The first one room school was built on 16-1-27 in 1888.. While the
school was being built children were taught in a building on Angus
Bells homestead at NW 22-1-27.
Manitoba Municipal Heritage Site No. 200
While one-room schools were the most common educational facility in
rural areas, as the system became more sophisticated and populations
grew it became necessary to build larger schools. One popular solution
was to simply add another room, creating a two-roomed building.
Coultervale School, built in 1914 by Robert Wyatt, is an excellent
example of this kind of building. Comfortingly symmetrical and with a
casual hipped roof and formal entry porch, the building surely was a
source of pride to students, parents and school officials. Moreover, it
is built with a brick veneer, a luxury not often seen on rural schools.
Historic Resources Branch
7. Arthur School District. 94 (1887-1958)
Known as Waskada School when it was first established in January 1887,
the district took the name Arthur in 1910, from the Municipality of
Arthur in which it was situated, and nearby Moira School took the
Waskada name. The school was located in the northwest corner of 15-1-26
west of the Principal Meridian. It closed in January 1958 and the
remaining students were bussed to Waskada Consolidated School No. 492.
The building was sold and removed from the site. A commemorative plaque
was erected there on 8 August 1982.
Photo from “Our First Century"
Arthur School Monument (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
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