Historic Sites of Manitoba: Beaver Creek School No. 103 (1883-1906)

This cairn at the site in the Rural Municipality of North Norfolk, unveiled in July 1991, commemorates the former agricultural community of Beaver, established in the 1870s and which eventually comprised several residences, two churches, and Beaver Creek School. The school operated at three nearby sites, the first on the north bank of Beaver Creek from 1883 to 1896, the second about a half-mile north from 1896 to 1902, and the third at SE26-12-10W from 1902 to 1958 when it closed. Wesley Methodist Church operated from 1896 to 1913, and Hampton Presbyterian Church (later a United Church) from 1896 to 1966.

Beaver Creek School Cairn (2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N50.02006, W98.72035 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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.

Through Fields and Dreams: A History of the Rural Municipality of North Norfolk and MacGregor by The History Book Committee of the North Norfolk-MacGregor Archives, 1998, page 863.

Information for this page was collected and prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 October 2010

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