Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dowsford School No. 190 (1910-1954)

The Dowsford School District was established formally in December 1882 in the Rural Municipality of Birtle. It operated at this site from 1910 to 1954 when it closed. The remaining students went to Solsgirth Consolidated School No. 462. The school building is no longer present at the site but a model and plaque, dedicated in 1984, commemorate it.

Dowsford School (no date) by G. W. Bartlett Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 67. Dowsford School replica and plaque (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N50.55654, W100.90063 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.

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

Page revised: 16 June 2012

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