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The Binscarth School District was established formally in April 1887 and a school building operated at SE15-19-28W where the village of Binscarth (now in the Municipality of Russell-Binscarth) developed. In 1901, a two-storey wood frame schoolhouse was constructed. In 1951, it became Binscarth Consolidated School District No. 2326 in a new school on the same lot that opened on 25 August 1952. The old school building was demolished.
Principals
Teachers
Period |
Teachers |
1906 |
Duncan Alexander Baxter (senior grades), Myrtle Case (grades 1-4 substitute), M. L. Kelso (grades 1-4) |
1907 |
Duncan Alexander Baxter (senior grades), Miss C. Stewart (grades 3-8), ? (grades 1-2) |
1908 |
Duncan Alexander Baxter (senior grades, spring term), Miss Cuthberson (grades 1-2, fall term), Mary Graham (grades 1-2, spring term), W. W. McDonald (senior grades, fall term), Miss C. Stewart (grades 3-8) |
1909 |
L. E. F. Storey (grades 1-3), Jean M. MacLaren (grades 3-8), W. W. McDonald (grades 9-11), John S. Smiley (grades 9-11), C. Stewart (grades 3-8) |
1910 |
L. E. F. Storey (grades 1-3), Jean M. MacLaren (grades 3-8), John S. Smiley (grades 9-11), Arthur Wade (grades 9-11) |
1911 |
Margaret Allen (grades 1-3), Cora M. Leifer (grades 4-8), Jean M. MacLaren (grades 4-8), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11), L. E. F. Storey (grades 1-3), Arthur Wade (grades 9-11) |
1912 |
Margaret Allen (grades 1-3), Cora M. Leifer (grades 3-8), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11) |
1912-1913 |
Winnifred Fraser (grades 1-3), Cora M. Leifer (grades 4-8), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11) |
1913-1914 |
Winnifred Fraser (grades 1-4), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11), ? (grades 5-8) |
1914-1915 |
Mabel Alexander (grades 1-3, 1915), Lenore Marcroft (grades 1-3, 1914), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11), ? (grades 4-8) |
1915-1916 |
Mabel Alexander (grades 1-3), James Humphrey Plewes (grades 9-11), ? (grades 4-8) |
1916-1917 |
Mabel Alexander (grades 1-3), Albert Hill (grades 9-11), George Peterkin MacLeod (grades 5-8) |
1917-1918 |
F. Gladys Anderson (grades 1-3), Albert Hill (grades 9-11), ? (grades 4-8) |
1918-1919 |
F. Gladys Anderson (grades 1-3), Albert Hill (grades 7-11), ? (grades 4-6) |
1919-1920 |
Muriel J. Hardy (grades 1-3), Agnes H. McMurchy (grades 4-7), Wilfred Almon Rideout (grades 8-11) |
1920-1921 |
Winnifred E. Grant (grades 4-7), Jean B. McArthur (grades 1-3), Wilfred Almon Rideout (grades 8-11) |
1921-1922 |
Marjorie Mann (grades 1-3), R. L. Snodgrass (grades 9-11), ? (grades 4-7) |
1922-1923 |
Mary Irene Bond (grades 4-7), William James Bond (grades 8-11), Marjorie Mann (grades 1-3) |
1923-1924 |
Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Marjorie Mann (grades 3-5), Mrs. K. R. Plunch (grades 3-5, 1923), Annie B. Sinclair (grades 1-2) |
1924-1925 |
Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Blanche Munroe Johnston (grades 3-5), Annie B. Sinclair (grades 1-3, 1924), Vera M. Sinclair (grades 1-3, 1925) |
1925-1926 |
Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Blanche Munroe Johnston (grades 3-5), Vera M. Sinclair (grades 1-2) |
1926-1927 |
Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Muriel B. Dudley (grades 1-2, 1927), Blanche Munroe Johnston (grades 3-5), Mabel Maguire (grades 1-2, 1926) |
1927-1928 |
Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Blanche Munroe Johnston (grades 3-5), ? (grades 1-2) |
1928-1929 |
Mary Irene Bond (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Edith M. Gervin (grades 1-2), Blanche Munroe Johnston (grades 3-5) |
1929-1930 |
William James Bond (grades 9-11), Lillian Elmire Brown (grades 1-2), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Ethel Mae Wilson (grade 3-5) |
1930-1931 |
William James Bond (grades 9-11), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Ethel Mae Wilson (grade 3-5), ? (grades 1-2) |
1931-1932 |
William James Bond (grades 9-11), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-2), Ethel Mae Wilson (grade 3-5) |
1932-1933 |
William James Bond (grades 9-11), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-2), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 3-5) |
1933-1934 |
William James Bond (grades 9-11), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-2), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 3-5) |
1934-1935 |
William James Bond (grades 9-11), Alda Palin Jones (grades 6-8), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-3), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 3-5) |
1935-1936 |
Albert Orde Anderson (grades 6-8), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-3), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 4-5) |
1936-1937 |
Albert Orde Anderson (grades 6-8), Miss T. Balmer (grades 9-11, 1937 substitute), William James Bond (grades 9-11), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-2), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 3-5) |
1937-1938 |
Maurice Raphael [Ray] Loree (grades 9-11), Edra Frances Lund (grades 1-2), Robert Ross Smith (grades 6-8), Erma McLennan Spence (grade 3-5) |
1938-1939 |
Christina Mary Bray (grades 4-5), Beatrice Roberta Hyndman (grades 1-3), Maurice Raphael [Ray] Loree (grades 9-11), Robert Ross Smith (grades 6-8) |
1939-1940 |
Christina Mary Bray (grades 4-5), Beatrice Roberta Hyndman (grades 1-3), Maurice Raphael [Ray] Loree (grades 9-11), Robert Ross Smith (grades 6-8) |
1940-1941 |
Lilian Goodall Wylie (grades 1-4), Maurice Raphael [Ray] Loree (grades 11-12), Pauline Elizabeth McArthur (grades 9-10), Mabel Almena McConnell (grades 5-8), Bernice Wright (grades 1-4, 1940) |
1941-1942 |
Elizabeth Violet “Bessie” Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Ronald Smith Broadfoot (grades 11-12), Pauline Elizabeth McArthur (grades 9-10), Lilian Goodall Wylie (grades 1-4) |
1942-1943 |
Elizabeth Violet “Bessie” Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Edna Pearl Calverley (grades 9-10), Helen Grace Chapman (grades 1-4), Walter Fredrickson (grade 11) |
1943-1944 |
Elizabeth Violet “Bessie” Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Emma Victoria Danard (grades 9-10, 1943), Walter Fredrickson (grades 11-12, 1943; grades 9-12), Ellen Elizabeth Wherrett (grades 1-4) |
1944-1945 |
Elizabeth Violet “Bessie” Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Alfred Robert Pelissier (grades 9-11), Ellen Elizabeth Wherrett (grades 1-4) |
1945-1946 |
Elizabeth Violet “Bessie” Bradshaw (grades 5-8), Alfred Robert Pelissier (grades 9-11), Ellen Elizabeth Wherrett (grades 1-4) |
1946-1947 |
Ninalon? Duke (grades 5-8), Stanley Robert Kitchen (grades 11-12), Gwendolyn Mary Young (grades 9-10), ? (grades 1-4) |
1947-1948 |
Gladys Pearl Gardiner (grades 5-8), Stanley Robert Kitchen (grades 11-12), Patricia Anne Naylen (grades 1-4), ? (grades 9-10) |
1948-1949 |
Margaret Chambers (grades 9-10), Gladys Pearl Gardiner (grades 5-8), Stanley Robert Kitchen (grades 11-12), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), Patricia Anne Naylen (grades 2-4) |
1949-1950 |
Berna Jean Brown (grades 9-10), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grades 1-2), Wilda Arlene Mitchell (grades 3-5), Edward J. F. Nasker (grades 11-12, 1949), Jessie Edna May Reynolds (grades 6-8), Alex Sabeski (grades 11-12) |
1950-1951 |
Audrey Catherine Hedge (grades 6-8), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grades 1-2), Wilda Arlene Mitchell (grades 3-5), Alex Sabeski (grades 9-11) |
1951-1952 |
Cecil Victor Gunn (grades 9-11), Audrey Catherine Hedge (grades 6-8), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grades 1-2), Amy Zink (grades 3-5) |
1952-1953 |
Gerald Robert Green (grades 9-10, 1953), Audrey Catherine Hedge (grades 7-8), Ruth Annie Fairlie Henderson (grades 11-12), Donalda May Hertlein (grades 5-6), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grades 1-2), Edythe Ramona Phillips (grades 9-10, 1953 substitute), William Gordon Renton (grades 9-10), Amy Zink (grades 3-4) |
1953-1954 |
Gerald Robert Green (grades 9-10), Ruth Annie Fairlie Henderson (grades 11-12), Donalda May Hertlein (grades 5-6), Irene May Matheson (grades 2-3), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), Edythe Ramona Phillips (grades 7-8), Amy Zink (grades 3-4) |
1954-1955 |
Adele Fedak (grades 5-6), Gerald Robert Green (grades 11-12), Elvadora Pearl Olivianne Holmberg (grades 3-4), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), May Irene Matheson (grades 2-3), Irene C. F. Patterson (grade 8), Edythe Ramona Phillips (grade 7), David Wallace Shaw (grades 9-10) |
1955-1956 |
Audrah Eileen Grant Caughell (grade 9, 1955), H. Louise Collier (grade 8, 1955), Gerald Robert Green (grades 11-12), Elvadora Pearl Olivianne Holmberg (grade 2), Barbara Hazel Hume (grades 3-4), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), May Irene Matheson (grades 4-5), Olga Kathryn Mazur (grades 6-7), David Wallace Shaw (grades 9-10), Islay Shaw (grade 8) |
1956-1957 |
Donald S. Grant (grade 10), Gerald Robert Green (grades 11-12), Marion A. Hall (grades 6-7, 1957), Elvadora Pearl Olivianne Holmberg (grades 2-3), Barbara Hazel Hume (grades 3-4), Olga Kathryn Mazur Kowalchuk (grades 6-7, 1956), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), May Irene Matheson (grade 5), Islay Shaw (grades 8-9) |
1957-1958 |
Gerald Robert Green (grades 11-12), Lois Hall (grades 11-12, 1958 substitute), Mrs. E. Hazelhurst (grades 5-6), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grades 1-2), May Irene Matheson (grades 6-7), Barbara Hazel H. Murray (grades 3-4), Islay Shaw (grades 8-9), T. A. Strike (grade 10), Mona Lorraine Swanson (grades ?) |
1958-1959 |
Mona Lorraine S. Johnston (grades 2-3), Kathleen Louise Matheson (grade 1), May Irene Matheson (grades 6-7), June Marilyn Minish (grades 3-4), Arlene Jean White (grades 5-6), ? (grades 8-12) |
Among the other teachers of Binscarth School were Ruth C. Brent (1887), Percy D. Harris (1893), Mr. A. Dorsett (1890s), Mr. W. J. Small (1900s), and W. L. Dyker.
Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Binscarth School, constructed in 1901 (circa 1920)
Source: Walter Beatty

Binscarth School (1923)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7447, Album 2, Page 40.

Winter view of the Binscarth School (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba / Historic Resources Branch

The Principal’s residence for Binscarth School (circa 1913)
Source: Education Department Report, 1913, Manitoba Legislative Library.

Binscarth Consolidated School (November 1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 149B Binscarth.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.62662, W101.27907 denoted by symbol on the map above
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Sources:
“Binscarth,” Russell Banner, 27 August 1908, page 8.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Personalities,” Manitoba School Journal, Vol. 6, No. 9, May 1944, page 2.
Binscarth Memories by Binscarth History Committee, 1984. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.B55 Bin]
Manitoba School Records Collection, Binscarth School District No. 506 - Daily Registers, GR2061, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Binscarth Consolidated School District No. 2326 - Daily Registers, GR2061, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in the Interlake - Manitoba - Volume 2, Binscarth - File 149B, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.
“Binscarth Consolidated School officially opened,” Russell Banner, 28 August 1952, page 1.
We thank Bill Crerar, Ed Arndt, and Malcolm Bell for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 June 2023
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