Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hecland School No. 1277 (Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)

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The Hecland School District was established formally July 1903 and a one-room schoolhouse operated in SW28-15-10W in what is now the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone. The district was dissolved in August 1946.

Hecland School

Hecland School (no date) by C. K. Rogers
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 89.

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.30646, W98.80970
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Langruth School No. 1550 / Langruth Consolidated School No. 1303 (Langruth, Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Langruth Collegiate / Langruth School / Langruth Elementary School (Langruth, Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)

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.

We thank Garry Hanneson for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 July 2025

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