Known originally as Peach Lake School District when it was organized formally in February 1928, using the western-most part of the land from the former Hranko School District, it was renamed Perch School District some time between April and August 1928. The district issued a $3,000 debenture in April 1928 towards purchasing of a school site along with building and equipping a school. A one-room schoolhouse operated beside Pete’s Lake, at NW16-20-24W in what is now the Municipality of Rossburn. It was destroyed by fire during the winter of 1951 but a replacement was built the following summer. The school closed permanently in 1960 and its district was dissolved the following year, the area becoming part of the Rossburn Consolidated School District and later the Pelly Trail School Division. The former school building and associated teacherage were moved to Rossburn.
The teachers of Perch School included Leo James Lubenieck (Fall 1928 - Fall 1929), Cassie Jane McKee (Spring 1930), Helen Elsie Kolachkowski (Fall 1930 - Spring 1931), Mary Perch (Fall 1931 - Spring 1935), Mary P. Gregor (Fall 1935 - Spring 1938), Anne Gregor, Mike Tokar, Phyllis Chopp (August-October 1950), Waldemar C. Kornyk (October 1950 - February 1951), Annie Isabell Duffy (February-June 1951 & Fall 1951 - Spring 1952), Joseph “Joe” Kustiak (Fall 1952 - Spring 1954), Ernie Stefanuk, and Robert J. Betz (Fall 1959 - Spring 1960).
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.72704, W100.75643
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Peach School (RM of Mountain)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Rossburn Centenary Monument (Municipality of Rossburn)
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #23 School District of Peach Lake, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Rossburn West topographic map, 62K/10 West, Edition 1, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].
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.
On the Sunny Slopes of the Riding Mountains, A History of Rossburn and District, Volume 1 by Rossburn History Club, 1984. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.R78 Ont]
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 July 2026
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