Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minnedosa North School No. 232 (Minnedosa)
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By 1909, overcrowding at Minnedosa's "South School" necessitated the construction of a second school at this location. Built at a cost of $17,230 on a design by Winnipeg architect W. W. Blair, it was used as an elementary and high school until 1954, when the Crossley Collegiate Institute (precursor of today's Minnedosa Collegiate) was built nearby. The building was demolished in 1971. A commemorative monument was erected at the site in July 1993.
Noteworthy graduates of the North School include W. H. Fishman.
See Minnedosa South School
Herbert H. "Harry" McIntosh (1880-?)
James Crossley (1886-1970)
C. K. Gorrie
Jack H. Gibson
Mary M. Macdonald
Keith Edward Malcolm (1930-2017)
H. K. Long
M. P. Schatz
H. Gilleshammer
Among the teachers of Minnedosa North School was Duane Duff (1952-1953).
Photos & Maps
Minnedosa High School (circa 1909)
Source: Education Department Report, 1909, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Postcard of Minnedosa North School (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2011-0033.
Minnedosa North School (no date) by W. C. Hartley
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 81.
Minnedosa North Ward School (1939)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7454, Album 21, Page 71.
Minnedosa North School monument (August 2012)
Site Location (lat/long): N50.25343, W99.84211
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minnedosa South School No. 232 (Minnedosa)
Personal Memoirs: Memories of Teaching at Minnedosa North School (1952-1953)
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 Dorothy Brooking for providing additional information used here.
Page revised: 8 March 2017