Historic Sites of Manitoba: Holmfield School No. 699 (Holmfield, Killarney-Turtle Mountain)

The Holmfield School District was formally established in May 1892, in the village of Holmfield in the Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain. In January 1959, it consolidated with Hazeldell School No. 611 and West Derby School No. 194 to become Holmfield Consolidated School No. 699. It closed due to low enrollment in June 1974 and the building was demolished. Its bell sits atop the Bank of Toronto Vault.

Principals of Holmfield School

Period	Principal
1906-1907	H. C. Fairfield
1907-1913	David Smith Tod (1870-1937)
1913-1914	Robert Masterton
1914-1916	John D. Sutherland
1916-1918	Clarence Record
1918-1921	Duncan Scott McIntyre (1899-1975)
1921-1922	Edith Ann Fingland (1877-1957)
1922-1924	Ida J. Finnen
1924-1926	Alfred James Struthers (c1890-?)
1926-1928	John Macgregor Wilkie (1904-1991)
1928-1933	James Thomas Hulme (1864-1938)
1933-1936	Charles Edward Clare Durnin (c1903-1974)
1936-1939	Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1939-1942	W. Frederickson
1942-1943	Oliver Clayton Bricker (1900-1992)
1943-1959	Hugh A. Johnson

Holmfield School (no date) by W. J. Parr Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 111. Site Location (lat/long): N49.13445, W99.48651 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Bank of Toronto Vault (Holmfield, Killarney-Turtle Mountain)

Sources:

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

“Holmfield, Man”, Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association map, 1919, Archives of Manitoba.

“Holmfield school to close,” Brandon Sun, 20 June 1974, page 3.

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: 4 June 2013

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