This monument in the Rural Municipality of DeSalaberry, erected in July 1992, commemorates La Rochelle School, which operated at this site between June 1901 and January 1962. It was consolidated into St. Malo Consolidated School No. 2398. Nearby is a monument for the Catellier-Gratton family.
Among the teachers at La Rochelle School were Alida Marie Landry (Fall 1941 - Fall 1942), Denise Gauthier (Spring 1943), Yvonne Georgette Gauthier (Fall 1943 - Spring 1944), Elaine Caron? (Fall 1944 - Spring 1945), and Irene Marie Catellier (Fall 1945 - Spring 1946).
Ecole La Rochelle (no date) by James Tod
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 64.
La Rochelle School commemorative monument (September 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
La Rochelle School commemorative monument (April 2024)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.35480, W96.97781
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 September 2026
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