Historic Sites of Manitoba: Thoona School No. 1241 (Municipality of Prairie View)

A metal sign marks the former site of Thoona School in what is now the Municipality of Prairie View. Established formally in May 1903, a school operated here from 1906 to 1919, when it became part of the Miniota Consolidated School District No. 680 in the village of Miniota.

Thoona School commemorative sign

Thoona School commemorative sign (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.29966, W101.06115
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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 February 2021

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