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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wisla School No. 1373 / Prince of Wales School No. 1373 (Wisla, Municipality of Harrison Park)Known originally as the Wisla School District when it was established in April 1906, the district was renamed Prince of Wales School between September and December 1921. A one-room schoolhouse operated at SE1-19-22W in what is now the Municipality of Harrison Park. In September 1921, #3,500 in debentures were secured to finance the construction of a new schoolhouse, with the district potentially renamed with its opening later that same term. In 1963, the district was dissolved and its area was added to the Elphinstone Consolidated School District. It later became part of the Pelly Trail School Division. At the time of a 2014 site visit, the former school building was gone but the former teacherage was being used as a private residence. A commemorative sign was near the school site, partially obscured by bushes. Among the teachers who worked at Wisla School / Prince of Wales School were Mr. E. Mykytuik (Fall 1920), J. M. Panisiak (Spring 1924), Walter Fahrie? (Spring 1927), John Duchominsky (Fall 1941 - Spring 1942), Bertha V. Keller Kwiatkowski (Spring 1942 - Fall 1946, wife of J. M. Kwiatkowski), Walter Nowosad (Spring 1947), Lesia [Lecia?] Krysowaty (Fall 1946 - Spring 1948), William J. Sianchuk (Fall 1948 - Spring 1949), William Ernest Stefaniuk (Fall 1949 - Spring 1950), Mrs. Anne Zibrowski (Fall 1950 - Spring 1951), John Zurbyk (Fall 1951 - Spring 1952), Laurence A. Kwiatkowski (Fall 1952 - Spring 1953), Stanley Kokorudz (Fall 1953 - Spring 1956), Angeline B. Nakonechny (Fall 1956 - Spring 1959), Isabel Strank (Fall 1959 - Spring 1960), John Spak (Fall 1960 - Spring 1961), and Barney Bolton (?-?).
Sources:Elphinstone West topographic map, 62K/9 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. From the Past to the Present, 1898-1987 by Parkland Ukrainian Pioneer Association, circa 1988. [Legislative Library of Manitoba, Rare Book Collection F5648.P36 Fro] Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba. School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba. Manitoba School Records Collection, Prince of Wales School District #1373 - Daily Registers, GR2061, Archives of Manitoba. Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer. Page revised: 3 June 2022
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