Arthur
School
District #494 (1887-1958)
NW Corner 15-1-26.
Arthur
School (circa 1911)
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. 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)
Belses School
No. 501 (1897 – 1968)
SW 22-6-26
The Belses School District was established formally in March 1887, with
a one-room frame schoolhouse constructed on the southwest corner of
22-6-26. The original building was replaced by the present one sometime
before 1927. The district was dissolved in 1968 and the remaining
students went to Pipestone Consolidated School No. 737. A commemorative
plaque was unveiled near the former school building in 1987. The
building itself was renovated into a private residence but, as of late
2011, stands vacant.
Beverley
School
District No. 1344. (1906 – 1946)
SW 35-4-29 moved to SW 26-4-29 in 1912
To the south of what is now Tilston, a post office named Beverley had
been opened up in 1894. The postmaster, Mr. Tiger, had come originally
from Beverley in Yorkshire, England. The post office had closed in 1897
but, when in 1906 a school was opened in the same district, it became
Beverley School District No. 1344.
The Beverley School District was organized formally in June 1905 and,
the following year, a one-room schoolhouse opened at the southeast
corner of SW35-4-29W in what is now the Municipality of Two Borders. In
1912, it was moved to SW26-4-29W. The district was dissolved in 1946
and its area became part of the Tilston School District. The school
building was moved beside the Tilston School where it was used for
several years as an additional classroom. It was later renovated into a
private residence and then became a workshop.
Brown’s School
District #625 (1892 – 1959)
NE 22-4-27
The Brown School District was established formally in January 1891 and
a school was erected the next year, on land loaned donated by Henry
Brown.
It closed in 1959 and the district was dissolved in 1961. The remaining
students went to Melita Consolidated School No. 440. The school
building was later moved to Melita where it was renovated into a
private residence. A monument commemorates it at the original site. The
plaque on the monument gives its name as “Browns School” but available
historical records indicate the name was Brown.
Butterfield
School
No. 1328 (1905 - 1943)
SW 15-2-29
The Butterfield School District was established formally in May 1904
and, by October 1905, it opened a school on the southwest corner of
15-2-29W in the Rural Municipality of Edward. The school closed in 1943
and, henceforth, students from this area were sent to Pierson School.
As of 2012, the building still stands on the privately-owned site and
is used for storage.
The school was sold in a public auction and is still there as of 2016
Copley School
No. 839 (1895 – 1955)
Located initially near S 4-1-29W, it was moved to SW16-1-29W in 1931.
(SE 11-1-29 moved to SW 16-1-29 about 1931/1932)
The Copley School District was established formally in January 1895,
named for local homesteader Edward Copley Thompson, and it operated a
school in the Rural Municipality of Edward. The school closed in 1956.
As of 2012, the building still stands on the site.
Coulter School
District # 1772 (1915 – 1957)
The Coulter School District was established in February 1915 and a
one-room schoolhouse operated in the village of Coulter (NE35-1-27W)
The school was built by R. Wyatt. The Forrester’s Hall was rented for
classes until the building was completed.
In 1958, the district was dissolved and its area became part of the
Waskada Consolidated School District.
Cuthbert
School
#633 (1891 – 1923)
W 20-3-28 moved to NW 13-3-29. Built 1891. Closed 1923.
The Cuthbert School pupils went to Pierson after 1923 and were given
25¢ a day for expenses. Later on this was cut to 1O¢. Mat Tole bought
the school and moved it to Pierson and lived in it for a number of
years. It then became the home of Billy McLean.
Dobbyn School
District #986 (1899 – 1909)
SW 3-4-26
Dobby School District was formed in 1899, on SW 3-4-26 with 11
students. The average number of students in the nine year period of
operation was 13 with the largest number being 21 in the winter of
1906. The cost of operating the school in 1904 was $643.10. The school
consolidated with Melita No. 440 in June 1909, when a van was put into
service conveying pupils from the country.
The
Dublin School
District#1095 (1901 – 1964)
SW 22-6-28
Dublin School was built in 1905 on land which was part of the Kendrick
homestead and so it was named Dublin after New Dublin near Brockville,
Ontario. It was from there that the Kendricks had come.
The district bwas established formally in January 1901, and a one-room
frame schoolhouse was erected. The school closed in 1964 and its
remaining students went to Reston Consolidated School No. 141. The
former school building was sold and removed from the site but a
monument dedicated on 27 July 1985 commemorates it.
Elva School
District #694 (1891 – 1974)
25-3-28 2km N & 1 km W of where the village
Village 18-3-27 – 1890’s
The first school was located on 25-3-28 2km N & 1 km W of where the
village was located. Elva. The school was moved to the village in 1898.
Around 1904 a new larger school was erected.
Elva School District was formally established in May 1892 and a school
was erected northwest of Elva in the late 1890s. It was moved into Elva
in 1898 and, four years later, replaced by a larger, two-storey frame
building, located at N49.21649, W101.11817. A new elementary school was
built in 1965. It closed in 1974 due to school consolidation. Its
former location is marked by a monument.
Fulton School
# 1892 (1919 – 1933)
NE 32-3-29
Fulton school closed in 1927 and Opened again in Feb. 1933, and then
closed in Dec. 1933.
Huston
School
District No. 770 (1894 – 1961)
SE 2-6-27
Huston School District was registered in 1894. It was named for Fred
Huston who gave the land for the site and helped to organize the
district. It operated on the southeast corner of 2-6-27. The district
was dissolved in 1961 and, henceforth, students from this area went to
Broomhill Consolidated School No. 2363, Paramount School No. 1289,
Kinloss School No. 934, or Belses School No. 501. The former school
building was later used for storage.
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Lyleton School
District #731 (1893 – 1971)
SE 15-1-28
Old school sold and torn down. School bell saved in and mounted
in Lyleton Park
The Lyleton School District was established formally in January 1893
and a school was erected where the Lyleton Cemetery is presently
situated, on land donated by local farmer Amos Moore Lyle. In 1902,
when the village of Lyleton was developed along the Canadian Pacific
Railway, classes were transferred to the village community hall and the
old school became White School No. 1326.
In 1906, a two-room school opened in Lyleton teaching grades 1 to 11.
White School closed in 1912 when it was consolidated with Lyleton
School to form the Lyleton Consolidated School No. 731. A new two-room
school for grades 1 to 8 was constructed on the northeast corner of the
property in 1965 and the former school was demolished. Its bell was put
atop a local monument.
Napinka
School
District # 829 (1884 – 1975)
Napinka
First site: NW 20-4-25
Napinka School is a rare example in Manitoba of an early school based
on a two-room plan and constructed of fieldstone rather than the more
common wooden frame and walls. The building, one of the last remaining
schools from ca. 1900 in Manitoba’s southwest corner, was developed
using local materials and the skills of local labour, notably
stonemason I.J. Phinney, who undertook much of the work.
The first school was situated on NW 20-4-25. The stone school was built
in ca. 1900.
Historic Resources Branch
Manitoba Municipal Heritage Site No. 104
Peninsula
School
No. 907 (1897-1961)
NW 35-2-27
Established in April 1897, the school was merged into Melita
Consolidated School No. 440 in January 1961.
As of 1891 Peninsula School is now owned by a third generation Yeo of
Calgary whose intention is to preserve it as a historical site. It
still exists on site
Sourisford
School
District #906 (1899 – 1961)
NW 29-2-27
Established in April 1897, in the Rural Municipality of Arthur, the
district was dissolved in 1961, and henceforth students from this area
went to Melita Consolidated School No. 440 or Edward Municipal School
No. 2353. As of 2012, the building still stands on its original site.
For a time the community continued to use it.
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Stonehill School
No. 1148 (1902 - 1958)
The Stonehill School District was established formally in August 1901,
with a one-room frame schoolhouse was constructed the next year at
SW 35-5-28W. The district was dissolved in 1958 and remaining students
went to Broomhill Consolidated School No. 2363.
Mrs. Chris Peterson, an early settler's wife, gave the district its
name and probably she was thinking of the stony terrain of the new
district, a fact mentioned by much later settlers than she.
Verona School
District No. 409 (1886-1958)
15-1-26 (1887)
First site NE 16-2-26.
The Verona School District was formed in July 1885. Debentures were
issued to finance the construction of a school building on the
northeast quarter of 16-2-26. The first classes began in April 1886. In
1897, the school was moved to 15-1-26W. A new building was constructed
at the same site in 1918, featuring a full basement, coal room, store
room, cistern, and indoor toilet. In addition to supporting the
educational activities of the district, the school also served as a
community centre for church services, socials, and meetings. The school
closed in January 1958 and became part of Waskada Consolidated School
No. 492. The school building was still standing as of August 1982, when
a commemorative plaque was erected at the site.
The first Verona School (circa 1911)
White
School
#1326 (1902 – 1912)
In 1902, when the village of Lyleton was developed along the Canadian
Pacific Railway, classes were transferred to the village community hall
and the old school became White School No. 1326.
White School closed in 1912 when it was consolidated with Lyleton
School to form the Lyleton Consolidated School No. 731
Wicks
School
No. 1436 (1907 – 1953)
SW 21-3-29
The Wicks School District was established formally in September 1907
and it operated a one-room schoolhouse at SW21-3-29W in the Rural
Municipality of Edward. The school closed in June 1953. As of 2012, the
building is used as a garage on the privately-owned site.
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Bede School
District No. 1683 (1913-1966)
SE 19-5-26
Bede School opened in the Rural Municipality of Albert in May 1913, in
the southeast quarter of 19-5-26 west of the Principal Meridian, and
operated until June 1966. At that time, its remaining students went to
Melita Consolidated School No. 440. The building stood vacant at the
original site for some time, but at the time of a 2011 site visit, it
had been repaired and was being used by a business selling local crafts.
Belfry
School
District No. 626 (1891-1956)
SW12-4-28
SW5-4-27
Belfry School was established in January 1891, with a frame building
erected in the southwest quarter of 12-4-28 west of the Principal
Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Arthur. Land for the school was
provided by local farmer Warren Belfry, from whom the school name was
derived. Five years later, the building was moved to its present
location at SW5-4-27W. With declining enrollment, the school closed in
1963.
Bernice School
No. 547 (1888 – 1914)
SE23-5-26
Near the school building is a cairn, erected in July 1988,
commemorating the teachers, students and families of Bernice School No.
547, which was established as Gould School at SW22-5-26W in the Rural
Municipality of Albert, and operated between 1888 and 1914. It became
Bernice (Berneice) School in 1914, situated at SE23-5-26, continuing
until 1965 when it became part of Napinka Consolidated School No. 2369.
A nearby station of the Canadian Pacific Railway, also named Bernice,
existed at NE14-5-26 from 1906 to 1952.
Broomhill School
No. 985 (1899 – 1957)
NW12-5-28
The Broomhill School District was established in
January 1899. It was southeast of the hamlet which name it bore and
which had been named for the village in Scotland from which the
Kilkenny family had come.
The first school building was destroyed by fire in June 1936. A new
structure was ready for resumption of classes that fall. It closed in
June 1957 and merged with Hathaway School No. 717, located in the
nearby hamlet of Broomhill, to become Broomhill Consolidated School No.
2363. The former school building was moved to Broomhill to be used as a
teacherage then later as a community centre. In 1963, local trustees
purchased a temporary classroom from the Antler River School Division,
moved it to the site, and renovated it with indoor washrooms. It was
later sold and moved to the Pipestone area. A monument is situated at
the former school site.
Chesterfield
School
District # 408 (1885 – 1959)
SW 22-3-26
The Chesterfield School District was established in June 1885 and a
one-room schoolhouse operated at NW10-3-26W. It was named after Chester
Field Warren who homesteaded nearby and started a store and Post
Office. In 1964, the district was dissolved and its area became part of
the Melita Consolidated School District and later the Antler River
School Division. Records for the school are held at the Antler River
Museum in Melita.
Coates School
District #1091 (1910 – 1934)
SW 35-4-29 moved to SW 26-4-29 about 1907
SE 25-4-28?
The Coates School District was organized formally in August 1900 and a
one-room schoolhouse buit by R.N. Wyatt. The district was dissolved in
1956 and its catchment area became part of the Edward Municipal School
District.
Coultervale
School
District #515 (1888- 1968)
SE 16-1-27
The first one room school was built in 1888. While the school was
being built children were taught in a building on Angus Bells homestead
at NW 22-1-27.
The Coultervale School District was established formally in June 1887.
The original building was replaced in 1914 by the present one-storey,
two-classroom yellow brick veneer structure, built at a cost of $4,800.
In 1968, it became part of the Antler River School Division. In August
2000, the former school (which now serves as a community centre) became
a municipally-designated historic site.
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.
Crescent School
No. 792 (1896 – 1957)
The Crescent School District was established formally in January 1894.
A one-room schoolhouse was built in 1896 on the northeast corner of
14-6-29 west of the Principal Meridian, operating there until 1951. It
was replaced in 1951 by a school at SE23-6-29W which closed in1957 and
the remaining students went to Sinclair Consolidated School No. 1051.
The former school building was moved to Reston where it was used as a
golf clubhouse. The district was dissolved in August 1966. A
commemorative monument at the original site was dedicated on 27 July
1986.
Diana
School District
No. 1355 ( 1906 1962)
NE20-6-29
In the early 1900's Icelandic settlers came to live in the-very
northwest corner of the municipality. They also wanted a school for
their children so land was donated by settler Gudnundar Davidson, a
school was built, and Diana School District No. 1355 came into being.
It is known that it was built in 1905 but it is not known why they
chose to name it Diana.
The Diana School District was established in January 1906 and a
one-room schoolhouse operated at NE20-6-29W in the Rural Municipality
of Albert. The school was closed between 1944 and 1947 then closed
permanently in June 1962. In 1966, the district was dissolved and its
area became part of the Sinclair Consolidated School District and later
the Fort La Bosse School Division. The former school building was sold
and moved away from the site.
Eagleton (later Tilston)
No. 1437 (1908 - 1920)
Mr. A. Lapointe, who was the first postmaster and also carried the mail
from Sinclair, chose the name Eagleton from a list of names shown to
him. When the C.P.R. came to the district, they requested that names be
submitted for naming the new townsite and Tilston, the name of Harold
Bateman's home town in England was chosen. In September 1909 the name
Tilston became official but it was 1920 before the school changed from
Eagleton. School started in January, 1908 and by August of the same
year it was consolidated and vans, were put on the road. The first
consolidated district was fifty-two sections but, in the 1940's,
Beverley school was annexed and it became known as Union Consolidated
School District No. 1437.
Eunola School
No. 921 (1899 – 1962)
SE11-4-29W
First- SW 7-4-28
It was moved to SW2-4-29W in 1900 and to SE11-4-29W in 1918.
The Eunola School District was established formally in January 1898. A
one-room schoolhouse measuring was built later that year on the
southwest corner of 7-4-28. It was moved to SW2-4-29W in 1900 and to
SE11-4-29W in 1918. The building was destroyed by fire on 16 April
1937. Students attended classes in a nearby home until a replacement
school could be built.
In November 1937, the present school building opened at SE11-4-29W.
Replicas of the two schools made by local craftsman Walter Tucker and
unveiled during the Pierson centennial celebrations on 5-7 July 1991,
are present at the site. A commemorative cairn is nearby. In January
1992, the school became a municipally designated historic site and it
underwent renovations in 2008, including replacement of its windows.
Inside the building, which is still used as a community centre, are
school desks, photographs of teachers and other pioneers, and a book
listing teachers, reminiscences of former students, and other
historical information.
Gould
School
District No. 547 (1888 – 1914)
SW 22-5-26
Gould School was registered with the department in 1890. It was
named after the Gould families who were its earliest settlers. In 1914,
the name was changed to Bernice. The new name honored Bernice Baker
daughter of one of the earliest settlers.
Hathaway School
District No. 717 (1892 -1958)
Broomhill Village
First on SE 15-5-27
The Hathaway School District was formally established near the
community of Broomhill in July 1892. It was first situated close to the
homestead of Burton Hathaway and so named after him. Later it was moved
into the hamlet of Broomhill.
It operated until 1958, when it merged with Broomhill School No. 985 to
become Broomhill Consolidated School No. 2363 in a new building, with
the former school building sold to a local farmer for use as living
quarters for hired help. The old Broomhill school building was brought
to town for use as a teacherage and, after the school closed, it was
used for community events. The consolidated school building was moved
to Melita around 1963 where it was used as a classroom at Melita
Consolidated School No. 440.
Kinloss
School
District No. 934 (1899 – 1961)
NE 19-6-27
The Kinloss School District was established formally in March 1898, and
a one-room frame school building was erected. The school closed in 1961
and the district was dissolved in 1964. Its remaining students went to
Reston Consolidated School No. 141. The school building was sold and is
no longer present at the site, but a monument dedicated on 26 July 1987
commemorates it. A plaque attached to the monument lists the surnames
of families who settled in the Kinloss area between 1899 and 1962.
1986
Melita School
District #440 (1886 – Present)
Melita Mb.
First site - SE corner of 2-4-27
The first school was built on the Manchester site ( SE corner of
2-4-27) about 2 km west of the current town.
The present town of Melita ws created with the arrival of the
railway
in 1891 and in 1893 construction was started on the Melita School.
(E.A. Blakeway (Contractor) and W.H. Shillinglaw (Architect)) A large
addition was completed in 1905.
North
Antler School
No. 514 (1888 - 1951)
NE 9-2-28
1897 - moved to SE14-2-28
The North Antler School District was established formally in August
1887 and a school was erected the next year, on the northeast quarter
of 9-2-28 west of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of
Edward. In 1897, it was moved to SE14-2-28W. The school closed in June
1951 and the district was merged into the Edward Municipal School
District. A monument commemorating it was dedicated in 1988.
Paramount School
No. 1289 (1905 - 1964)
NW23-6-27
Paramount School was named for the school which Mrs. Thomas Harper,
pioneer of the district, had attended in Ontario.
In 1964, the district was dissolved and its area became part of the
Reston Consolidated School District and later the Fort La Bosse School
Division. As of mid-2016, the former school building was standing at
SE20-6-27W, being used as a garage.
Pierson
School
No. 685 (1892 – present)
SE 1-3-29
The Pierson School District was established formally in February 1892
and it operated a school in Pierson in what is now the Municipality of
Two Borders. In 1956, it became the Edward Municipal School District.
Three years later, it became part of the Antler River School Division.
Roblin
School
No. 1046 (1899 - 1947)
SW 33-3-28
The Roblin School District was established formally in July 1899, named
for local settler M. P. Roblin, and a one-room schoolhouse operated at
SW33-3-28. In the early 1930s, the school closed due to low student
enrollment. It reopened in the mid-1940s then closed permanently in
June 1947. The district became part of the Edward Municipal School
District in 1956. The former school buildings were sold and used for a
time as a private residence. No vestige of them remain at the site
today.
South
Antler School
District #351 (1915 – 1954)
SE 6-2-27
Built on SE 6-2-27 by R.N. Wyatt.
The South Antler School District was established formally in November
1884 and through the years it operated schools at three sites. From
1885 to 1888, the school was situated at 28-1-27W then, from 1888 to
1914 at 4-2-27W. Destroyed by fire in the latter year, a new wood
frame, one-classroom structure was built at SE6-2-27W, opening in 1915.
The school closed in 1954. A rock monument commemorates the school at
this location, about two miles east of its former site.
First school. Photo from “Our First Century)
Tilston School
No. 1437 (1908 – 1987)
The Eagleton Consolidated School District was established formally in
August 1907 and, in 1908, a temporary classroom was built at this site
in the village of Eagleton, as the village of Tilston (was known at
that time. The village was renamed the following year, but the school
name remained unchanged. In January 1910, the original building was
replaced by a two-storey, two-room brick veneer structure, built on a
stone basement on a two-acre property. Accommodating students in grades
1 to 11, it became Tilston Consolidated School in 1920. The present
one-storey, four-room school was built in 1947 and the old building was
demolished.
A commemorative monument (with the original school bell) and replica of
the former school building were erected during a reunion held on 5
August 1990.
West Brenda School
District # 388 (1882 – 1949)
NW 20-4-26
The West Brenda School District was established formally in April 1885
and it operated a school on the northeast corner of 20-4-26W. The
district was dissolved in 1960 and, henceforth, students from this area
went to Melita Consolidated School No. 440. The former school building
still stood at the time of a 2012 site visit.
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