Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riel School No. 844 (RM of Ritchot)

The Riel School District operated a one-room schoolhouse at SE19-9-4E in the Rural Municipality of Ritchot. In 1967, its area became part of the Seine River School Division. No vestige of the former school building remains at the site.

Riel School

Riel School (no date) by James Tod
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 10.

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.76051, W97.03240
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Winnipeg East topographic map, 62H/14 East, Edition 1, 1952, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].

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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 31 March 2021

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