Historic Sites of Manitoba: Erinside School No. 1682 (RM of Woodlands)

The Erinside School District was formally established in June 1913. A one-room schoolhouse was erected on the southeast quarter of 23-16-1 west of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands. The school closed and the district was dissolved in January 1965. As of the summer of 2020, the building was still standing, along with its adjacent teacherage. However, the rear part of the teacherage has collapsed. The school and teacherage comprise a municipally-designated historic site (2001).

Among the teachers of Erinside School was Robert Octavius Picken Bolton.

Erinside School (no date) by M. Hall-Jones Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 16. The former Erinside School building and teacherage (circa 1984) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 1680. The former Erinside School building (circa 1990) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 1500. The former Erinside School building (June 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Erinside School building (October 2015) Source: George Penner The former Erinside School building (May 2020) Source: Rose Kuzina Interior of the former Erinside School building (May 2020) Source: Rose Kuzina The former Erinside School Teacherage (June 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Erinside School Teacherage (May 2020) Source: Rose Kuzina Interior of the former Erinside School Teacherage (May 2020) Source: Rose Kuzina The former Erinside School and Teacherage (April 2023) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.37458, W97.48466 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

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.

A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.

Erinside School and Teacherage, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.

We thank George Penner and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 January 2022

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