| Resource Collections |
| Special
Places Wakopa Cairn “Old Wakopa” was located nearby. Village of Wakopa Wakopa Cemetery & Henderson Cemetery SE 24-1-19W St. John’s Anglican Church Site 14-2-20 1899 - 1965 Schools in the Wakopa District Desford School commemorative sign (June 2019) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Desford School (no date) by W. J. Parr Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 2. Fairburn School No. 524 A monument, located in a small picnic grounds on the south side of Highway #3 commemorates the Fairburn School that was formerly situated here. Established in March 1888, it operated until January 1968. Fairburn School Monument (2010) Source: Ken Storie Fairburn School (no date) by George Hunter Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 82. Henderson School No. 1311 The Henderson School District was established formally in August 1904 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at SW15-1-18W. During the 1940s, the building was used for services of the Bannerman Church of Christ. The school closed in 1968. Commemorative sign for the former Henderson School (2016) Ken Storie The former Henderson School building (2016) Ken Storie Henderson School by W. J. Parr Source: Gordon Goldsborough Highview School No. 427 Highview School was established formally in November 1885 and a frame school building was erected the next year on the northwest quarter of 11-2-17. In 1960, it was consolidated with Lena Consolidated School No. 1393. Highview School sign (October 2011) Highview School by W. J. Parr Highview School (1940) by John Vachon. Source: US Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration Lena School No. 1393 Lena School was established formally in August 1906 and a brick school building was erected the next year, in the village of Lena. In 1960, it became Lena Consolidated School No. 1393 when it was consolidated with nearby rural schools, Highview School No. 427 and Victoria Lake School No. 446. It joined the Turtle Mountain School Division in 1968 and closed two years later. Lena School sign (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Lena School by W. J. Parr Long River School No. 720 Long River School was established in October 1892 and a school building was erected the next year on the northwest quarter of 10-2-18. The school closed in 1966 and its district was dissolved in 1968. Long River School monument (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Long River School by W. J. Parr Lyonshall School No. 223 Lyonshall School was established in 1883 and a one-classroom wood frame school building was erected on the southwest quarter of 34-2-18. The school closed in 1966 and its district was dissolved the next year. Lyonshall School monument (July 2020) Source: Ken Storie Lyonshall School (no date) by W. J. Parr Maple Grove School No. 247 The Maple Grove School District was established formally around 1883 and it operated a schoolhouse at NE 26-2-19W. The district was dissolved in 1968. The former school building is gone but a sign marks its site. Site of Maple Grove School – 2020 – Ken Storie Maple Grove School by W. J. Parr Plum Hollow School No. 549 Established in August 1888 and a school building was erected in 14-1-17. The school closed in 1962 and the district was dissolved the next year. Plum Hollow School sign (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Plum Hollow School by W. J. Parr Rose Valley School No. 344 Established in June 1884 and a frame school building was erected the next year on the southwest quarter of 22-1-16. It closed in 1965. Rose Valley School by W. J. Parr Rose Valley School sign (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Sanders School No. 392 The Sanders School District was established formally in April 1885 and a schoolhouse operated at NW20-2-17W. The district was dissolved in 1968 but the former school building remains at the site. As of 2012, its concrete foundation exhibits significant structural deterioration. The former Sanders School building (September 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Sanders School by W. J. Parr Victoria Lake School No. 446 Established in July 1885 and a school building was erected on the northeast quarter of 12-1-18. The school closed in 1960 when it was consolidated with Lena Consolidated School No. 1393. Victoria Lake School monument (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Wakopa School No. 308 Established in 1884 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at NE29-1-18W. The district was dissolved in 1967. Wakopa School by W. J. Parr West Lake School No. 311 Established in 1885, on 8-2-19 19. The school closed in 1961 and the district was dissolved in 1967 West Lake School commemorative sign 2016 Ken Storie Wood Lake School #761 Established in 1893 on NE 8-2-19. Closed in 1966 Photo: Ken Storie - 2016 Photo: Mb. Archives Post Offices in the Wakopa Area The map gives one some sense of mail delivery in pioneer times. Bannerman 15-1-18 1908 – 1956 John Spafford Bannerman - Established March 16, 1908. The Postmasters were: John P. Spafford, John Balfour, J.E. Turner, Fredrick C. Coulter, Thos Blixhavn, Malcolm McDonald, Mrs. Ivy Ames, May Arnold, and Irvin Colp. It closed in 1956. Desford 15-2-20 (1882 - 1896) 14-2-19 (1908 - 1955) Erskine Nicoll - in his store Fairburn 4-3-19 1884 - 1893. Samuel Oke W. Latimer farm home Wakopa (Lariviere) 29-1-18 32-1-18 1882 - 1969 Lariviere, renamed Wakopa (White Father) by the local Indians who admired the old white-haired man who owned the trading post so named. The postmaster was Lariviere's son in law, Clovis Guerin. Later moved to the village.. Lyonshall 1884 – 1906 Orson Martin / Sam Jones Lena Lena - The Lena Post Office was first situated about one mile south of the present Town of Lena and was opened Jan. 1, 1892. Lena had a long and distinguished number of Postmasters beginning with Fred Burrows. Fred Burrows opened a post office in his house, one mile south of Lena, in 1892. Up to that time the settlers had to drive either to Killarney or St. John, N.D. for their mail. For thirteen years, Mr. Burrows' home was a community centre, where friends and neighbours met once or twice a week to get their mail and to talk of crops and the weather. The Post Office was officially closed July 31,1969. Adelpha 3-2-19 1884 – 1892 Edward Dodd, James Rankin, John R. Sturt |