Historic Sites of Manitoba: Boyne School No. 21 (1872-1966)

Established in December 1872, the Boyne School District occupied a log building in the northwest quarter of 22-6-4 west of the Principal Meridian, known locally as the Salterville Schoolhouse. In 1893, a much larger wood frame structure was erected beside it, with separate entrances for boys and girls. It was used until 1930 when a replacement was built and the earlier school was sold to a local farmer for use as a residence at SE2-7-4W. It was standing as of the early 1990s.

The present one-classroom building, erected in 1930 with a full concrete basement and coal furnace, had electricity installed in 1946. It closed in June 1966 and the remaining students were bussed to Carman. The building was used as a community centre. In 1988, it was designated as a Municipal Heritage Site by the Rural Municipality of Dufferin. On 7 March 2013, the building was moved into Carman to the site of the Dufferin Historical Society Museum.

Teachers at Boyne School included the following: Herbert Inman (1878), Theophilus Finn (1883-1892), D. Honeywell (1885-1887), Johnston A. Watson (1888, 1890), Ernest J. Motley (1889), J. B. Hugg (1891, 1893), A. J. Cameron (1892), Joseph Paxton (1893-1897), Albert Malcolmson (1897-1899), E. M. Hinch (1900), E. S. Smith (1900-1902), Roland H. B. North (1905-1906), Elmina S. Jickling (1907), J. E. Struthers (1908-1909), Agnes A. Brigham (1909), Allena M. McGillvray (1909), Ida L. M. Wyness (1910-1911), Jessie Immes (1912), Elizabeth Power (1913-1915), Eva J. M. Reid (1915), Enid Crothers (1916), H. Cecilia Rowan (1917), Evelyn Churchill (1917-1918), Dorothy Green (1919), Gladys Stewart (1920). Others for whom the period of employment is unknown include Mildred Pritchard, Evelyn Pritchard, Alice York, Lydia Mallory, and Anthony Hogg.

The former Boyne School building at its original site (2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The Boyne School building being moved to the Dufferin Historical Museum (March 2013) Source: Trish Aubin Boyne School at its new home at the Dufferin Historical Museum (March 2013) Source: Trish Aubin Site Location (lat/long): N49.50231, W97.92942 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dufferin Historical Society Museum (44 Kings Park Road, Carman)

Boyne School Project, Dufferin Historical Museum.

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.

The Rural Municipality of Dufferin, 1880-1980 compiled and edited by June M. Watson with the assistance of the History Book Committee, RM of Dufferin, 1982.

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 Trish Aubin for providing additional information used here.

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

Page revised: 11 April 2013

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