Historic Sites of Manitoba: Acadia School (175 Killarney Avenue, Winnipeg)

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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This school is situated in the Fort Garry area of Winnipeg and opened in 1970 for junior high grades. Originally commissioned by the Fort Garry School Division, since 2022 it operates within the Pembina Trails School Division.

Principals

Period	Principal
1970-1981	Raymond Douglas Biggs
1981-?	?
?-?	Dennis Edward Wilson (1939-2023)
?-2025	?
2025-2026	Troy Calder

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1970-1972	none
1972-1974	Dennis Edward Wilson (1939-2023)
1974-1975	Terrence “Terry” Angus (1945-2022)
1975-1979	Gerald Allen Neynoe Macleod (1943-2021)
1979-1981	Reginald Norval Brown
1981-2025	?
2025	Rob Wehrle Shannon Shields
2025-2026	Brenley Bacon Deondra Twerdun-Peters Loa Olafson

Teachers

Among the teachers of Acadia School were Dennis Edward Wilson and Gerald Allen Neynoe MacLeod.

Period

Teachers

1970-1971

Margo Jill Barich (grade 9), Victor Borgford (industrial arts), Albert Barry John Bryan (grade 9), Susan Patricia Dorothy Cooper (grade 7), Eugene Deneka (industrial arts), Bruce Kyle Downie (grade 8), Vicki Karon Francis (grade 7), Denis Joseph Gautron (grade 8), Cheryl Gail George (grade 7), Allan Roy Hagerup-Neilson (grade 8), Neil Lynn Hansen (grade 8), Hazel May Hopkins (grade 7), Delores Nettie Kozey (grade 8), William James Mitchie (grade 9), Alvin Henry Neustaedter (grade 9), James Harry Newton (grade 9), Lois Gertrude Peterson (grade 8), Christine Elizabeth Schroeder (grade 9), Henri Donald De Smet (grade 7), Victoria Julia Symchych (grade 7), Patricia Ann Wall (home economics), Dorothy Agnes Willson (home economics)

Photos & Coordinates

Acadia Junior High School (October 2021) Source: Nathan Kramer Aerial view of Acadia School (August 2025) Source: George Penner Site Location (lat/long): N49.79236, W97.14972 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 October 2026

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