Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitou Normal School / Manitou High School (Main Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)

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The Manitou Normal School building in Manitou was designed by Winnipeg architect Walter Chesterton and erected in 1905 by contractor George Ullyot at a cost of $18,000. For 28 years, the facility was used to train public school teachers until it closed in 1933. The building was then used as the Manitou High School prior to construction of the Nellie McClung Collegiate in 1964.

The building was demolished sometime in the 1990s and the site is now occupied seasonally by a hockey rink.

Principals (Manitou Normal School)

Period	Principal
1905	William Joseph Cram (1861-1940)
1905-1907	Thomas Martin Maguire (1857-1925)
1907-1909	Benjamin Jones Hales (1868-1945)
1909-1910	Thomas Martin Maguire (1857-1925)
1910-1911	Marshall Hall-Jones (1865-1927)
1911-1931	Joseph William Gordon (1868-1954)
1931-1933	George Wesley Bartlett (1876-1950)

Vice-Principals (Manitou Normal School)

Period	Vice-Principal
1905-1906	William Joseph Parr (1867-1943)
1915-1916	William Joseph Parr (1867-1943)
1916	Andrew Willows [Andreas Weidenhammer] (1863-1925)
1917-1919	James Erron Stanley Dunlop (1882-1945)
1920-1921	Theophilus Grant Finn (1865-1934)
1922	William Joseph Parr (1867-1943)
1925	Theophilus Grant Finn (1865-1934)

Teachers (Manitou Normal School)

School Year	Teachers
1905	Miss M. E. Clark (music)
1909	Miss M. E. Clark (music)
1910	Miss M. E. Clark (music)
1912	T. E. Carroll (physical culture), Miss E. G. Clarke (music)
1913	T. E. Carroll (physical culture), Miss E. G. Clarke (music)
1915	T. E. Carroll (physical culture), Miss E. G. Clarke (music), Miss Gayton (drawing, handwork), Asenath Owens (handwork)
1915-1916	T. E. Carroll (physical culture), Miss E. G. Clarke (music), Miss Gayton (drawing, handwork), Asenath Owens (handwork)
1916-1917	Miss E. G. Clarke (music), Miss Gayton (art, handwork), Miss Lonsbrough (handwork), M. F. Pringle (manual training)
1917-1918	J. Carroll, Miss E. M. Creighton (drawing), Miss B. Forrest (handwork), Miss K. E. Pollock (handwork), M. F. Pringle (manual training)
1918-1919	Miss E. M. Creighton (drawing), F. Forrest (handwork), Miss K. E. Pollock (handwork), M. F. Pringle (manual training)
1919-1920	A. B. Irvine (manual training), F. Lawlor (music), Miss K. E. Pollock (handwork), M. Winram (art)
1920-1921	J. B. Fraser (handwork), F. Lewis (drawing), Grace McRae (music), N. M. Spratt (handwork)
1922	E. Anderson (art), Grace McRae (handwork), T. G. Palfrey (manual training), N. M. Spratt (handwork)
1925	G. Maxwell (drawing), C. P. Ritchie (handwork, sewing), D. E. Ritchie (handwork, sewing), Sgt. Tomkins (physical instructor)
1930-1931	Miss Broadfoot (handwork), H. F. Giffin (music), Miss Larter (drawing)

Students (Manitou Normal School)

School Year

Students

1930-1931

H. Aldis, G. Allison, J. Andrieslyn, E. Bowler, I. Bingham, William Henry “Bill” Bradley, J. Cockriell, O. Colter, L. Cooke, M. Cullum, T. Currie, T. Dunn, D. Earwaker, H. M. Easton, B. Elliott, M. Eyolfson, A. Ferris, Eve Fines, J. Fleming, V. Foster, D. Fulford, R. Graham, M. Griffith, P. Hamm, L. M. Henwood, A. Johnston, L. M. Jordan, N. Krayny, Mrs. L. Kristjanson, G. Lohreng, E. Lussier, M. Maloney, V. March, M. Martin, E. McDowell, L. McDowell, N. McIntosh, M. McKitrick, H. Newton, S. Peters, G. Peterson, Allin John Pybus, J. Reid, E. Smith, G. Stevenson, R. Tellier, S. Thorsteinson, J. A. Unger, M. Vrooman, A. Weins

Principals (Manitou High School)

Period	Principal
Before 1930	See Manitou School
1930-1937	Wilhelm “Will” Kristjanson (1896-1979)
1937-1938	John R. McLachlan William Stanley “Bill” Dunlop (1912-1991)
1938-1942	William Alfred Lorne McFarland (1908-1990)
1942-1944	John Arthur Lionel Holmes (1913-1968)
1944-1946	Abiah Davies Morgan (1899-1967)
1946-1954	Charles Douglas “Doug” Bollman (1917-1986)
1954-1956	John L. Bridge
1956-1957	Orville Heschuk
1957-1959	Johann Edvald Sigurjonsson (1900-1972)
1959-1964	Kenneth Harold Charlesworth (1926-2004)
1962-1963	Oliver Glen Olmstead (?-1997)

Teachers (Manitou High School)

School Year	Teachers
Before 1933	See Manitou School
1933-1934
1934-1935
1935-1936
1936-1937	William Stanley “Bill” Dunlop (grade 10), John R. McLachlan (grade 9)
1937-1938	Phyllis Cates (grade 9), Frances J. Clarke (grade 11)
1938-1939	John Arthur Lionel Holmes
1939-1940	John Arthur Lionel Holmes, Caroline Laird
1940-1941	John Arthur Lionel Holmes (grade 10), Caroline Laird (grade 9), John S. Scott (grade 12)
1941-1942	Russell H. Hayter, John Arthur Lionel Holmes, Caroline Laird, John S. Scott
1942-1943	Caroline Laird, Ross A. McKenzie, Ada P. Wareham
1943-1944	John Arthur Lionel Holmes (grade 11), Caroline Laird (grade 9), Ross M. McKenzie (grade 12), Ada Wareham (grade 10)
1944-1945	Olive M. McMahon, Mary E. McLeod, Haraldur V. Vidal
1945-1946	John Chalaturnyk, Olive M. McMahon, Haraldur V. Vidal
1946-1947	Katherine Gohl, Olive M. McMahon
1947-1948	Katherine Gohl, Olive M. McMahon
1948-1949	Katherine Gohl, Eric Sozansky
1949-1950	Katherine Gohl, Hjortur Bjorn Jonas “Byron” Leo, Elva Motheral
1950-1951	Chester M. Fraser, Elva Motheral
1951-1952	Shirley Faggetter, Elva Moatheral
1952-1953	Caroline Cumming, Shirley Faggetter
1953-1954	Caroline Cumming, Shirley Faggetter
1954-1955	Elizabeth Reese, Eldon Simms
1955-1956	Norma Breault, Elizabeth Reese
1956-1957	L. M. Meadmore, D. I. Penstock
1957-1958	Kenneth Harold Charlesworth, Doris Penstock, H. E. Thompson
1958-1959	Kenneth Harold Charlesworth, Joan Crealock, Henry Funk
1959-1960	Joan Crealock, A. R. Martin, Vera Moloney, Allan Sheldon, Bryan Weir
1960-1961	Anne Anderson, Joseph Kozak, Douglas Francis MacIsaac, Allan Sheldon, Bryan Weir
1961-1962	Frances Burrows, Ruth Davies, Joseph Kozak, Douglas Francis MacIsaac, Leo McGinn, Timothy Ray
1962-1963	Frances Burrows, Ruth Davies, Joseph Kozak, Douglas Francis MacIsaac, Leo McGinn, Michael Pollitt-Smith, Timothy Ray
1963-1964	Frances Burrows, Joseph Kozak, Anne MacIsaac, Douglas Francis MacIsaac, Leo McGinn, Anatole Meush, Timothy Ray, Michael Smith
1964-present	See Nellie McClung Collegiate

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Manitou Normal School (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0087 Postcard view of Manitou Normal School (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0088 Site of the former Manitou Normal School (2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.23853, W98.54016 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon Normal School / Model Room School / Agricultural Extension Centre (1129 Queens Street, Brandon)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dauphin Normal School / Whitmore School (First Street SW, Dauphin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitou Normal School (Main Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Central School / Portage Normal School / Prince Charles School (Third Street Southwest, Portage la Prairie)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface Normal School (210 rue Masson, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba School for the Deaf (500 Shaftesbury, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Mulvey School (750 Wolseley Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Central School No. 944 (1899-1954)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Old Central School (Tenth Street, Brandon)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Victoria School (32 Fifth Street SE, Portage la Prairie)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitou School No. 314 / Manitou Elementary School (Souris Avenue, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Nellie McClung Collegiate / Nellie McClung Plaque (322 Carrie Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)

Sources:

Public Buildings Erected and Improved by the Government of Manitoba during the Years 1900-1906, Government of Manitoba, December 1906. [Copy at Archives of Manitoba]

In Rhythm With Our Roots: A History of Manitou & Area edited by Haraldine Webb and Diana Vodden, published by the Manitou Centennial Book Committee, 1997, pages 174-178.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

We thank Bette Mueller and Doug Peterson for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 April 2025

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