Historic Sites of Manitoba: Currie School No. 1952 (1919-1965)

Formally established in March 1919 in the Rural Municipality of North Norfolk, named for Sir Arthur Currie, commander of Canadian Forces during the First World War, a school was duly constructed on three acres of land on the northeast quarter of 25-10-10 west of the Principal Meridian, that had been purchased for $120. Opened in April 1920, the first teacher was Miss Jean Turnbull, hired at a monthly salary of $95. The school served as an educational and social centre for the community until 1965 when it closed and and students were bussed to Rossendale Consolidated School No. 2419. A cairn commemorating the former school was dedicated in 1984.

Currie School (no date) by A. B. Fallis Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 66. Currie School Cairn (2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N49.87175, W98.68854 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 886.

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

Page revised: 31 May 2012

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