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The Eriksdale School District was organized in August 1911 and it operated a school in Eriksdale in what is now the Municipality of West Interlake. The original built was replaced in 1917 and, in 1929, a third classroom for high school students was added to the existing two rooms. In 1958, a new six-classroom building replaced the old structure, which was dismantled with the lumber used to construct a teacherage.
The Eriksdale Collegiate was built in 1961 and the six-room building was used for elementary classes. An addition was made to the collegiate in March 1976.
The school became part of the Lakeshore School Division in 1967.
Period
Principal
1917-1918
Caroline Hester Overton
1918-1920
Mary A. Maddin
1920
Ethel Annie Bolton
1921-1923
Charles James Bowman (1889-1985)
1923-1924
Emma Embree (1884-1972)
1924-1925
George Patrick Stevens (c1888-1988)
1925-1926
R. F. Hughes
1926-1927
Anne Norrington
1927-1931
Mina Russell
1931-1932
Sarah Ann Sproat (1885-1976)
1932-1933
R. J. Staples
1933-1934
Raymond Neuman
1934-1938
Archibald James McClacherty “Archie” Thom (1907-2000)
1938-1939
John Elwin Laird (1876-1950)
1939-1940
Nicholas Frederick Kasian (1913-1996)
1940-1942
Mary Scobie Smith Vickers Cook (1914-2014)
1942
John Ernest Ingot (?-2001)
1943-1944
Alice Pamela Hardisty
1944-1945
Marian E. Costin
1946-1947
Minnie Karasiewich (1914-2006)
1947-1948
Benny Zenon Orlins (?-1996)
1948-1951
Michael P. Lysack (?-1989)
1951-1952
Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1952-1956
Michael Romaniuk
1956-1958
Albert Hal “Hall” Sveistrup (1931-2024)
1958-1959
Richard William Friesen
1959-1960
A. L. Petkau
1960-1961
Albert Hal “Hall” Sveistrup (1931-2024)
Among the early teachers at Eriksdale School were Annie J. Connelly (Spring 1912), Lawrence H. Parkinson (Fall 1912 - Spring 1913), Hilda Arnason (Fall 1913 - Fall 1914), Emma Sigurdson (Spring 1915), Emma Sigurdson (Fall 1915), and Etta G. Robinson (Spring 1916).
Later staff included Katherine Weber, Dorothy Ruth Matheson, Emma Sigurdson (1930s), and Hildur Emily Sandberg.
Period
Teachers
1916-1917
Etta G. Robinson (grades 1-4)
1917-1918
Caroline Hester Overton (grades 5-8), Etta G. Robinson (grades 1-4)
1918-1919
school closed November-December due to influenza: Crystal V. Dicks (grades 1-4, January-June), Mary A. Maddin (grades 5-7), Etta G. Robinson (grades 1-4, August-December)
1919-1920
Crystal V. Dicks (grades 1-4, September-December), Mary A. Maddin (grades 4-8), Ethel May Morrison (grades 1-3, September-December; grades 1-4, January-June)
1920-1921
Ethel Annie Bolton (grades 5-8, September-December), Charles James Bowman (grades 4-9, January-June), Flora Sutherland (grades 1-4)
1921-1922
Charles James Bowman (grades 3-9, September-December; grades 4-9, January-June), Emma J. E. Sigurdson (grades 1-3, September-December; grades 1-4, January-June)
1922-1923
Charles James Bowman (grades 4-9, September-December; grades 5-9, January-June), Emma J. E. Sigurdson (grades 1-4)
1923-1924
Emma Embree (grades 8-12), Mary Edith Palmer (grades 1-3, September-December; grades 1-4, January-June), Emma J. E. Sigurdson (grades 4-6, September-December; grades 4-7, January-June)
1924-1925
Nora Mills (grades 4-7, September; grades 3-6, October-June), ?
1925-1926
?
1926-1927
?
1927-1928
M. E. Palmer (grades 1-3, September-December; grades 1-4, January-June), ?
1928-1929
?
1929-1930
?
1930-1931
Mina Russell (grades 9-11), ?
1931-1932
?
1932-1933
?
1933-1934
?
1934-1935
?
1935-1936
?
1936-1937
?
1937-1938
?
1938-1939
John Elwin Laird (grades 9-11), Emma J. E. Sigurdson (grades 1-8)
1939-1940
?
1940-1941
?
1941-1942
?
1942-1943
John Ernest Ingot (grades 9-11, September-December), Alice Pamela Hardisty (grades 9-11, January-June), ?
1943-1944
?
1944-1945
?
1945-1946
?
1946-1947
?
1947-1948
Mary Bednaruk (grades 1-4), Benny Zenon Orlins (grades 9-11), Annie May Tkaczuk (grades 5-8)
1948-1949
Michael P. Lysack (grades 9-11), Margaret Eleanor Rutherford (grades 1-4), Annie May Tkaczuk (grades 5-8)
1949-1950
Michael P. Lysack (grades 9-11), Margaret Eleanor Rutherford (grades 1-4), Annie May Tkaczuk (grades 5-8)
1950-1951
Michael P. Lysack (grades 9-11), Margaret Eleanor Rutherford (grades 1-4), Margaret Edna Shoesmith (grades 5-8)
1951-1952
Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 9-11), Thelma Catherine Friesen (grades 1-4), Margaret Edna Shoesmith (grades 5-8)
1952-1953
Dorothy Margaret Florence Bennett (grades 5-8), Jona Erickson (grades 1-4), Michael Romaniuk (grades 9-12)
1953-1954
Dorothy Margaret Florence Bennett (grades 5-8), Jona Erickson (grades 1-4), Michael Romaniuk (grades 9-11)
1954-1955
Helene Elaine Balon (grades 5-8), Michael Romaniuk (grades 9-11), Margaret Eleanor Taylor (grades 1-4)
1955-1956
Helene Elaine Balon (grades 5-8), Leandre Bergeron (grades 9 & 12, January-June), Mrs. R. Johnstone (grades 9 & 12, September-December), Michael Romaniuk (grades 9-11, August-September; grades 10-11, September-June), Dorothy Maude Todd (grades 1-4)
1956-1957
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (grades 1-4), Richard William Friesen (grades 5-8), Wallace Brian Linton (grades 9-10), Albert Hal Sveistrup (grades 11-12)
1957-1958
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (grades 1-4), Charles Krause (grades 5-8), Albert Hal Sveistrup (grades 11-12), Marvin Haldor Sveistrup (grades 9-10)
1958-1959
Luella Erickson (grades 1-2), Donna Friesen (grades 9-10), Richard William Friesen (grades 11-12), Charles Krause (grades 6-8), Anna May Pollock (grades 3-5)
1959-1960
Luella Erickson (grades 1-2), Richard William Friesen (grades 10-11, August-September), Enid Gibbings (grades 10-11, September-October), Charles Krause (grades 6-8), Emma Pauline Mills (grades 3-5), A. L. Petkau (grade 11, January-June), Z. S. Pohorecky (grade ?), J. Susko (grades 10-11, September), John Tunzko (grade 12, August-September [then transferred to Lundar]; grade 10, October-June)
1960-1961
Luella Erickson (grades 1-2), H. S. Fogel (grade 10 substitute, 1 month / Fall), Enid Gibbings (grade 9 substitute; Fall), Kenneth Halldorson (grade 10), Charles Krause (grades 6-8), Emma Pauline Mills (grades 3-5), Albert Hal Sveistrup (grade 12), Marvin Haldor Sveistrup (grades 11), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 9)
Period
Principal
1961-1969
Charles Krause
1969-1970
Garry Henry Doyle (1934-2014)
1970-1974
Charles Krause
Later staff included Benno Richard Klaassen (c1974).
Period
Teachers
1961-1962
Luella Erickson (grades 1-2), Charles Krause (grades 7-8), Emma Pauline Mills (grades 5-6), Mary Arlene Sveistrup (grades 3-4)
1962-1963
Luella Erickson (grades 1-2), Charles Krause (grades 7-8), Emma Pauline Mills (grades 5-6), Carolyn Gladys Skagfeld (grades 3-4)
1963-1964
Luella Erickson (grades 1-2, September-December; grades 1-3, January-June), Charles Krause (grades 7-8), Emma Pauline Mills (grades 5-6), Phyllis Lamb (grades 3-4)
1964-1965
Louise Bryan (grades 4-5, September-October), Carol Lorraine Erickson (grades 3-4), Charles Krause (grades 7-8), Emma Pauline Mills (grades 5-6), Angela Patricia Romaniuk (grades 1-2), Darlene Dorothy Tomasson (grades 4-5, November-June)
1965-1966
Linda Fuller (grades 1-2), Helene Friesen (grades 4-5, September-December), Charles Krause (grades 7-8), Emma Pauline Mills (grades 6-7), Andrea Lorraine Sweethand (grades 4-5, January-June), Joan Hester Yuill (grades 3-4)
1966-1967
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (grade 1), Luella Erickson (grades 2-3), Helen Eremenko Hryciw (grade 6, September-December), Michael Joseph Kolada (grade 6, January-June), Charles Krause (grades 7-8, September-June & grade 6, pt November), Edith Lawrence (grades 4-5), Emma Pauline Mills (grade 7), Andrea Lorraine Sweethand (grades 3-4)
1967-1968
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (grade 1), Jo-Anne Rosalie Coopman (grade 3), Luella Erickson (grade 2), Charles Krause (grade 8), Edith Lawrence (grade 5), Earl Duncan McKellar (grade 6), Peter David Matthies (ungraded), Emma Pauline Mills (grade 7), Edith Penny (grade 4)
1968-1969
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (grade 1), Luella Erickson (grade 2), Enid Gibbings (grade 7, September), Elizabeth Louisa Kehler (grade 3), Charles Krause (grade 8), Edith Lawrence (grade 5), Rosalind Gail McIntosh (grade 1), Earl Duncan McKellar (grade 6), Lucille Elmyra McKellar (kindergarten, January-June), Peter David Matthies (ungraded), Emma Pauline Mills (grade 7, September-October & January-June), Edith Penny (grade 4), Lily Irene Rushforth (grades 2-4, slow learners) Jo-Anne Rosalie Coopman Smith (kindergarten, October-December), Helen Beryl Tefs (grade 7, November-December), Harry James Warwick (grades 6-7)
1969-1970
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (grade 1), Linda Joan Devlin (kindergarten), Luella Erickson (grades 2-3), Elizabeth Louisa Kehler (grade 3), Edith Lawrence (grade 5), Rosalind Gail McIntosh (grades 1-2), Earl Duncan McKellar (grade 6), Peter David Matthies (ungraded, mentally retarded), Emma Pauline Mills (grade 7), Edith Mary Penny (grade 4), Lily Irene Rushforth (grades 4-5), Harry James Warwick (grade 7)
1970-1971
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (grade 1), Linda Joan Devlin (kindergarten), Elizabeth Louisa Kehler (grade 3), Edith Lawrence (grade 5), Rosalind Gail McIntosh (grades 2-3), Karen Margaret Linda Mangl (gtrades 1-2), Peter David Matthies (special education, mentally retarded), Emma Pauline Mills (grade 7), Edith Mary Penny (grade 4), Lily Irene Rushforth (grades 5-6), Florence Agnes Sutherland (grade 6), Stanley Michael Troschuk (grade 8), Harry James Warwick (grades 7-8)
1971-1972
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (grade 1), Robert John Chetyrbok (grade 8), Elizabeth Louisa Kehler (grade 3), Rosalind Gail McIntosh (grades 2-3), Peter David Matthies (special education, mentally retarded), Emma Pauline Mills (grade 7), Edith Mary Penny (grade 4), Lily Irene Rushforth (grade 5), Karen Winnifred Sigurdson (grades 1-2), Florence Agnes Sutherland (grades 5-6), Linda Sutton (kindergarten), Stanley Michael Troschuk (grades 7-8), Harry James Warwick (grade 6)
1972-1973
Robert John Chetyrbok (grade 8), Olga Duncan (grades 1-2, September-December), Valerie Arlene Johnston (grades 1-2, January-June), Elizabeth Louisa Kehler (grade 3, September-December; grades 1-3, January-June), Rosalind Gail McIntosh (grade 1, September-December), Peter David Matthies (special education, mentally retarded), Edith Mary Penny (grade 4), Lily Irene Rushforth (grade 5, September-December; grades 4-5, January-June), Florence Agnes Sutherland (grade 6, September-December; grades 5-6, January-June), Linda Sutton (kindergarten), Harry James Warwick (grade 6, September-December; grades 5-6, January-June)
1973-1974
Celeste Myrtella Bent (special education), Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (kindergarten, September-June & grade 1, March-June), Robert John Chetyrbok (grade 8), Olga Duncan (grade 1), John Forsyth (grade 7), Elizabeth Louisa Kehler (grades 3-4), Valerie Arlene Johnston McKinnon (grades 2-3), Emma Pauline Mills (grade 5), Edith Mary Penny (grade 1, January-March), Lily Irene Rushforth (grade 4), Florence Agnes Sutherland (grade 6)
Period
Principal
1961-1967
Albert Hal “Hall” Sveistrup (1931-2024)
1967-1970
Garry Henry Doyle (1934-2014)
1970-1974
Edward Bent
Period
Teachers
1961-1962
Kenneth Halldorson (grade 10), Albert Hal Sveistrup (grade 12), Marvin Haldor Sveistrup (grade 11), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 9)
1962-1963
Kenneth Halldorson (grade 10), Albert Hal Sveistrup (grade 12), Marvin Haldor Sveistrup (grade 11), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 9)
1963-1964
S. S. Mahanaj (grade 9), Aldrich Joseph Novotny (grade 11, February-June), Mildred Ellen Slawinski Smallwood (grade 11, September-February), Albert Hal Sveistrup (grade 12), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 9)
1964-1965
David Ian Brewster (grade 9, August-March), Enid Gibbings (grade 9, April-May), Robert John Hall Merrell (grade 11), Albert Hal Sveistrup (grade 12), Winston Taylor (grade 10), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 9), Evelyn Maud Woods (grade 9, May-June)
1965-1966
John Ayoub Ali (grade 10), Robert John Hall Merrell (grade 11), Craig Mayer Posner (grade 10), Albert Hal Sveistrup (grade 12), Winston Taylor (grade 10), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 9)
1966-1967
Craig Mayer Posner (grade 10), Lillian Joan Sigurdson (grade 9), Albert Hal Sveistrup (grade 12), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 11)
1967-1968
Garry Henry Doyle (grade 12), Leroy Leopold Grant (grade 9), Vinod Kumar Moudgill (grade 9), Victor Woon-Wai Pun (grade 10), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 11)
1968-1969
Edith Eleanor Doyle (grade 12), Menjou Mng-Chuck Hui (grade 9), Paul Guy Marchand (grade 9), Victor Woon-Wai Pun (grade 10), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 11)
1969-1970
Garry Henry Doyle (grade 8), Faye Eloise Hildebrand (grade 9), Barry John Johnson (grade 12), Victor Woon-Wai Pun (grade 10), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 11), Yulap Michael Yip (grade 9)
1970-1971
Angela Anania (grade 10), James Allan Cooper (grade 9), Barry John Johnson (grade 12), Ramanbhai Ambalal “Raman” Patel (grade 10), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 11), Yulap Michael Yip (grade 9)
1971-1972
Angela Anania (grade 10), James Allan Cooper (grade 9), Barry John Johnson (grade 12), Billy Douglas Mosienko (grade 10), Ramanbhai Ambalal “Raman” Patel (grade 10), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 11)
1972-1973
James Allan Cooper (grade 9), Blaise Fernando (grade 12), Karen Donna Myrowich (grade 9), Billy Douglas Mosienko (grade 10), Joan Muir (grade 12), Ramanbhai Ambalal “Raman” Patel (grade 10), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 11)
1973-1974
James Allan Cooper (grade 9), Billy Douglas Mosienko (grade 9), Joan Muir (grade 12), Ramanbhai Ambalal “Raman” Patel (grade 10), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 11), Ethel Claire Whyte-Coussey (grade 10)
Period
Principal
1974-1981
Charles Krause
Period
Vice-Principal
1978-1980
James Allan Cooper
Period
Teachers
1974-1975
Celeste Myrtella Bent (grade 2, September-December), Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (kindergarten), Robert John Chetybrok (grade 7), James Allan Cooper (grade 9), Yvonne L. Dozois (grade 2, January-June), Olga Duncan (grade 1), Elizabeth Louisa Kehler (grade 3), Emma Pauline Mills (grade 5), Billy Douglas Mosienko (grade 9), Ramanbhai Ambalal “Raman” Patel (grade 10), Pauline Patricia Pawluk (grade 8), Lily Irene Rushforth (grades 4-5), Florence Agnes Sutherland (grade 6), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 11)
1975-1976
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (kindergarten), Robert John Chetybrok (grade 6), James Allan Cooper (grade 12), Mildred Deacon (grade 9, February-June), Olga Duncan (grade 1), Robert James Enright (grade 9, September-January), Sherron Rebecca Fogel (grade 7, September-January), John Forsyth (grade 7, January-June), Lillian Denise Forsyth (grade 2), Emma Pauline Mills (grade 5), Billy Douglas Mosienko (grade 8), Ramanbhai Ambalal “Raman” Patel (grade 11), Lily Irene Rushforth (grade 4), Florence Agnes Sutherland (grade 3), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 10)
1976-1977
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (kindergarten), Robert John Chetybrok (grade 8), James Allan Cooper (grade 12), Olga Duncan (grade 1), Lillian Denise Forsyth (grade 2), Billy Douglas Mosienko (grade 9), Susan Joan Popeski (grade 11), Conjeevaram Sudarsanam Ramaswamy (grade 7), Lily Irene Rushforth (grade 4), Florence Agnes Sutherland (grade 3), Stephanie Marge Szesterniak (grade 5), Harry James Warwick (grade 6), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 10)
1977-1978
Yacoob A. Bholat (grade 12, September-December), Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (grade 1), Robert John Chetybrok (grade 8), James Allan Cooper (grade 7), Olga Duncan (grade 1), John Forsyth (physical education), Lillian Denise Forsyth Lindell (grade 2), Eleanor May McMillan (music?), Suzanne Anita Moore (grade 12, January-June), Billy Douglas Mosienko (grade 9), Susan Popeski (grade 11), Lily Irene Rushforth (grade 4), Florence Agnes Sutherland (grade 3), Stephanie Marge Szesterniak (grade 5), Harry James Warwick (grade 6 and resource), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 10)
1978-1979
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (kindergarten), Robert John Chetybrok (grade 8), James Allan Cooper (grade 7), Olga Duncan (grade 1), John Forsyth (physical education), Lindsay Rae Harris (grade 11), Elsie Elizabeth Kelner (grade 5), Charles Krause (grade 6), Elsie Elizabeth Kelner (art at Eriksdale School and Lundar School), Donna Marie McFadyen (grade 2), Eleanor May McMillan (“student initiated project”), Suzanne Anita Moore (grade 12), Billy Douglas Mosienko (grade 9), Lily Irene Rushforth (grade 4), Florence Agnes Sutherland (grade 3), Harry James Warwick (resource), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 10)
1979-1980
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (kindergarten), Robert John Chetybrok (grade 8), James Allan Cooper (grade 7), Lindsay Rae Harris Danielson (grade 11), Olga Duncan (grade 1), John Forsyth (physical education), Albert Douglas Kelner (grade 6 substitute, November-December), Elsie Elizabeth Kelner (grade 5), Josephine M. Laurans (grade 2), Eleanor May McMillan (music), Suzanne Anita Moore (grade 12), Billy Douglas Mosienko (grade 9), Lily Irene Rushforth (grade 4), Florence Agnes Sutherland (grade 3), Harry James Warwick (grade 6), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 10)
1980-1981
Dorothy Maude Todd Blue (kindergarten), Dannie Lee Brown (physical education), Robert John Chetybrok (grade 7), James Allan Cooper (grade 9), Lindsay Rae Harris Danielson (grade 8), Olga Duncan (grades 1-2), John Forsyth (grade 12), Susan Ann Jack (grade 1), Albert Douglas Kelner (grade 6), Elsie Elizabeth Kelner (grade 5), Eleanor May McMillan (music), Billy Douglas Mosienko (grade 11), Lily Irene Rushforth (grade 4), Nicole Jeanne Marie Sibilleau (grade 10, substitute), Florence Agnes Sutherland (grade 3), Harry James Warwick (resource), Nicholas John Wedensky (grade 10)
Eriksdale School (no date) by J. H. Plewes
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 142.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.86393, W98.10241
denoted by symbol on the map above
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Eriksdale School District No. 1571 - Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Lakeshore School Division No. 23 (Eriksdale Elementary) - Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Lakeshore School Division No. 23 (Eriksdale Collegiate) - Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Lakeshore School Division No. 23 (Eriksdale School) - Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Eriksdale East topographic map, 62J/16 East, Edition 1, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].
“Eriksdale,” Stonewall Argus and Tuelon Times, 13 October 1971, page 13.
“Krause named Principal,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 June 1975, page 6.
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.
“New addition to Eriksdale Collegiate officially opened,” Stonewall Argus and Tuelon Times, 31 March 1976, page 11.
Beyond Beginnings by Eriksdale Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee, 1996, pages 63-64.
Obituary [Margaret Dorothy Florence Bottrell], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 April 2019.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 31 December 2025
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