Following a public petition in late December 1884, the Bow Park School District was established formally in January 1885 from lands formerly within the catchment of the Roseau School District No. 45 and Perry School District No. 75. A schoolhouse was built at the northwest corner of NW26-2-3 East of the Principal Meridian, in what is now the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin, on land donated by Mr. D. Harlow.
When the district began to operate its own classroom, there were 26 pupils of school age. However, by 1914 available enrolement had dwindled to only three, below the threshold needed for provincial grant status. Thus, arrangements were instead made for students to be driven to Dominion City School during 1915 and 1916. While no formal dissolution date is presently determined, Department of Education records suggest the district was broken up around 1917, with its catchment split up between Dominion City School, Greenridge School No. 1704, and Langside School No. 230, in what would later become Boundary School Division (later still the Border Land School Division).
Among the teachers of Bow Park School were Theophilus Grant “Theo” Finn (Spring 1885, Spring-Fall 1886), did not operate (Fall 1885), James E. Munro (Spring-Fall 1887), did not operate (Spring 1888 - Spring 1892), James O. Gamey (Fall 1892), Edgar Burgess (Spring - pt Fall 1893), A. E. Kerner (pt Fall 1893 - Spring 1894), D. O? Miller (Fall 1894 - Spring 1895), J. B. Tlroin? (Fall 1895 - Spring 1896), George V. Fallis (Fall 1896 - Spring 1897), G. N. Mayner [Mannes?] (Fall 1897), Annie M. Black (Spring - pt Fall 1898), A. E. Duncan (pt Fall 1898 - Fall 1899), William John Bates (Spring 1900 - Spring 1901), Annie Moffatt (Fall 1901), records not available (Spring 1902 - Fall 1904), Barbara Chambers (pt Spring 1905), Robert [Duncan/Denson/Denovan?] (Fall 1905 - Spring 1906), Grace L. Gordon (Fall 1906 - Spring 1907), Winona Gertrude Taylor (Fall 1907, later Postmaster of Dominion City Post Office), Nina Waddell (Spring 1908 - Spring 1909), Ethel M. Brad (Fall 1909 - Spring 1910), did not operate (Fall 1910), Edna Younghusband (Spring 1911), did not operate (Fall 1911 - Spring 1912), Rosetta Rochford (Fall 1912 - Spring 1913), Marjorie J. Fry (Fall 1913), and Lucy J. Heal (Spring 1914).
Hand-drawn map showing the proposed Bow Park School site and district residences (December 1884) by Andrew W. Russell
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School division and school district formation files (E 0027), GR1688, Bow Park School No. 166.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.16265, W97.09972
denoted by symbol on the map above
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Bow Park School No. 166, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), GR1628, Archives of Manitoba.
“Dominion City,” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 8 October 1887, page 1.
“Wants [Teacher wanted (male) for Bow Park School ...],” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 23 November 1892, page 1.
“Dominion City,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 31 May 1897, page 5.
“Help Wanted [Teacher wanted for Bow Park School ...],” Manitoba Free Press, 29 December 1910, page 15.
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.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 19 April 2026
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