Manitoba Organization: Swan Valley School Division No. 35

The Swan Valley School Division was created on 1 April 1959 by an order of the Manitoba Minister of Education, acting on a recommendation of the MacFarlane Commission on Education and the School Divisions Boundaries Commission. It became responsible for all secondary education, grades 9 to 12, within the area of the following school districts:

Ward

School Districts

1

Bell River School District No. 2157
Birch River Village School District No. 2053
Drury School District No. 1671
Glover Creek School District No. 2304
Little Creek School District No. 2306
McKinley School District No. 2235
Mafeking Village School District No. 1889
Novra School District No. 2172
Old Fort School District No. 1868
Pasadena School District No. 2329
Steele School District No. 1800

2

Avonlea School District No. 1606
Bowsman Union School District No. 1273
Brierley School District No. 1613
Craigsford School District No. 1764
Cropper Tops School District No. 1186
Deer Path School District No. 2300
Dunkinville School District No. 2122
Evenlode School District No. 2347
Floradale School District No. 1173
Grahamville School District No. 2213
Hall School District No. 2295
Kemulch School District No. 1323
Lalecheur School District No. 2345
Lens School District No. 2023
McKay School District No. 1884
Norths Creek School District No. 2284
Sinclair River School District No. 1895
Swanford School District No. 2268
Swan Woody School District No. 2307
West Favelle School District No. 1037

3

Allenvale School District No. 2224
Cowan School District No. 1132
Cowan Ridge School District No. 2305
Cowan River School District No. 1808
Fishers Siding School District No. 1200
Home Valley School District No. 2209
Lidstone School District No. 1064
Meadowbrook School District No. 2320
Minitonas School District No. 1102
Oakhurst School District No. 1114
Ravensworth School District No. 1185
Roaring River School District No. 1215

4

Big Woody School District No. 1621
Crestview School District No. 2068
Davidson School District No. 1250
Egilson School District No. 1476
Egremont School District No. 1110
Harlington School District No. 1164
Kenville School District No. 1404
Lady Hubble School District No. 2098
Lancaster School District No. 1542
Lavender School District No. 1082
Little Woody School District No. 1271
McVey School District No. 2303
Mountain Crest School District No. 2079
Pretty Valley School District No. 1162
Ruby School District No. 1081
Shaw School District No. 1107
Square Plains School District No. 1053
Swan Valley School District No. 1038
Thunder Hill School District No. 1156
Trout Creek School District No. 2315
Wild Rose School District No. 1405

5

Swan River School District No. 1047

6

Alpine Consolidated School District No. 1738
Benito Consolidated School District No. 1408
Durban Consolidated School District No. 1080

Superintendents:

Period

Superintendent

1967-1985

John Kastrukoff (1920-2009)

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions (1959)

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba’s Rural School Consolidation (1905-1967)

Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions Boundaries Commission (1958-1959)

Events in Manitoba History: MacFarlane Royal Commission on Education (1957-1959)

Sources:

Report of the School Divisions Boundaries Commission, 13 January 1959, Manitoba Legislative Library, SpR 1958 Education.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 January 2020