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Historic Sites of Manitoba: McKay School No. 1884 (Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)The McKay School District was organized formally in April 1917. It operated a school building in what is now the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman. In 1927, the building was moved to SE29-38-25W. It closed in 1967. A commemorative plaque beside the former school building was erected in 1987. Among the teachers of McKay School were E. L. Kerr (1919), Bessie Robinson (1920-1921), William Malcolm “Bill” McMillan (1930s), Elizabeth Joan Twilley (1942-1943, daughter of Frederick Arthur Twilley), and Eva Sims (1953).
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. Boots, Buggies & Buses: Swan Valley Schools in Quest of Education, Swan Valley School Division No. 35, circa 1998. We thank Pat Miles for providing additional information used here. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 5 November 2020
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