Historic Sites of Manitoba: Altamont School No. 115 (Altamont, Municipality of Lorne)

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Formerly situated east of this site and known as Mussellboro School, the first two-room Altamont School was built in 1902, where Altamont Park is now (about N49.40040 W98.49284), in Altamont in what is now the Municipality of Lorne. In 1924, a two-room addition was made and, in 1958, upon consolidation with Deerwood School No. 926, Victory School No. 1143, and Sylvan School No. 1379, the Sylvan classroom was brought here to become a fifth classroom. It was later added to the United Church, which eventually became a library. The school building was torn down in 1961-1962 and the bell was salvaged for use on a monument commemorating the school and its teachers.

Principals

Period	Principal
1922-1923	S. Shannon
1923-1924	Walter Gard Jose (1878-1948)
1924-1925	Doris M. Head
1925-1927	John Blain Stewart (1882-?)
1927-1933	Clifford George Williamson (1904-2002)
1933-1936	Peter S. Buhr
1936-1939	James Alexander “Jim” Fraser (1912-1988)
1939-1940	Oliver Clayton Bricker (1900-1992)
1940-1942	Roland Gustaf Quarnstrom (1914-1989)
1942-1944	Kenneth Donald Bruce (1892-1968)
1944-1948	George Oswald Hinds (1906-1969)
1948-1952	Arnold Marshall Leech (1911-1998)
1952-1956	Willard Ervin Rife (1890-1970)
1956-1957	William Bock
1957-1960	John Franklin Morrison (1910-1984)

Teachers

Among the teachers who worked at Altamont School were John M. Sturk, Mary Armitage, and Dorothy Irene Madill Hudson.

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Altamont School, situated at N49.40040 W98.49284 (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0080 The enlarged Altamont School building (after 1924) by G. H. Robertson Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 37. Altamont School commemorative monument (2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.39774, W98.49631 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

“Aerial view of Altamont, 17 May 1944,” Charles J. Gingras collection #159, Archives of Manitoba.

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.

A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 August 2019

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