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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Peach School (RM of Mountain)
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The Peach School was established in 1948 as a Special School District and operated for ten years at SE36-43-26W in the Rural Municipality of Mountain. Among the teachers of Peach School were Mrs. Nellie D. Campbell (1948-1949), Miss Doreen Dickson, Mrs. McKay, Mrs. Ardington, Mr. Dyck, and Miss Lyons (1958-1959). It closed permanently in June 1959 due to low student enrollment.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N52.74221, W101.09850
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
Boots, Buggies & Buses: Swan Valley Schools in Quest of Education, Swan Valley School Division No. 35, circa 1998.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 May 2021
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