Historic Sites of Manitoba: Bernier School No. 718 (St. Ambroise, RM of Portage la Prairie)

Bernier School opened in August 1892 and a building was erected in the northwest quarter of 1-15-5 west of the Principal Meridian, in the community of St. Ambroise in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie. After closing in April 1967, the building became a community centre.

The remodelled Bernier School (no date) by A. B. Fallis Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 114. The former Bernier School building (April 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N50.25625, W98.04105 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.

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

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

Page revised: 12 May 2013

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