Historic Sites of Manitoba: Barrows Junction School No. 2296 / Barrows Junction School (Barrows, Northern Manitoba)

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The Barrows Junction School District was established formally in August 1939 and a one-room schoolhouse was located at SE34-44-28 West of the Prime Meridian in the community of Barrows in northern Manitoba. Construction took place in the late months of 1939 and was completed by early January 1940. The district's original catchment (Sections 34, 35, and 36 within Township 44 - Range 28 West) was expanded in January 1941, adding in land from Sections 25, 26, and 27 from the same Township, along with Sections 30 and 31 from Township 44 - Range 27 West.

In March 1959, It was designated as a remote school district and was thereby excluded from any school division. The designation was later withdrawn as, in April 1967, it joined the Frontier School Division. The original structure was later replaced by a school building on Church Street in the community, which as of 2026 remains an active school.

Principals

Period

Principal

1970-1981

Joseph Kustiak

Teachers

Among the early teachers of Barrows Junction School were Basil Newton Thompson (Spring - Fall 1940), Gordon Spencer Ross (Spring 1941), and Cyril Steve Reynolds (Fall 1941 - Spring 1943).

Period

Teachers

1970-1971

Florent Aime Beaudin (grade 9), Michelle Josephine Beaudin (grades 2-3), Mary Bulycz (nursery & kindergarten), Thelma Eugenie Hertz (grades 4-5), Joseph Kustiak (grades 7-8), Mary Louise Orr (grade 6), Evelyn P.[surname illegibly] (grades 1-2)

1971-1972

Florent Aime Beaudin (grades 8-9), Michelle Josephine Beaudin (grades 1-2), Mary Bulycz (nursery & kindergarten), Mary Louise Orr (grades 2-3), Thelma Eugenie Hertz (grades 4-5), Joseph Kustiak (grades 6-7)

1972-1973

Florent Aime Beaudin (grades 7-9), Michelle Josephine Beaudin (grades 1-2), Mary Bulycz (nursery & kindergarten), Mary Louise Orr (grades 2-3), Thelma Eugenie Hertz (grades 3-4), Joseph Kustiak (grades 5-6)

1973-1974

Mary Bulycz (nursery & kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 3-4), Joseph Kustiak (grades 5-6), Gerald J. Lafreniere (grades 7-9), D. Gladys Whitford (grades 1-2)

1974-1975

Doris G. Atkinson (grades 1-2), William Agard Bell (grade 9), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 3-4), Jagdish Lal Grover (grades 7-8), Joseph Kustiak (grades 5-6)

1975-1976

Doris G. Atkinson (grade 1), William Agard Bell (grades 7-9), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 4-5), David James Holland (grades 2-3), Joseph Kustiak (grade 6)

1976-1977

Doris G. Atkinson (grades 2-3), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten, 0.5?), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 4-5), Ronald Thomas Houston (grades 8-9), Joseph Kustiak (grades 6-7), Eileen Muriel Senkow (grade 1)

1977-1978

Doris G. Atkinson (grade 2), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 3-4, August-October), Ronald Thomas Houston (grades 5-6), Joseph Kustiak (grades 7-8), Sister Aline Nick (grades 3-4, October-June), Joyce vander Schaaf (grade 1), Eileen Muriel Senkow (grade 1)

1978-1979

Doris G. Atkinson (grade 3), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 6-8), Joseph Kustiak (grades 4-5), Joyce vander Schaaf (grades 1-2), Deborah T. Yaffe (grade 2)

1979-1980

Doris G. Atkinson (grade 3), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 7-8), Ica? Theodore Forbes (grade 4), Joseph Kustiak (grades 5-6), Joyce vander Schaaf (grades 1-2)

1980-1981

Doris G. Atkinson (grades 2-3), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 7-8), Ica? Theodore Forbes (grade 4), Joseph Kustiak (grades 5-6), Joyce vander Schaaf (grades 1-2)

Photos & Coordinates

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N52.83057, W101.44195
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.

School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Barrows Junction School No. 2296, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.

Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), Barrows Junction School District No. 2296 - Miscellaneous, GR1629, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), 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.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 14 March 2026

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Period	Teachers
1970-1971	Florent Aime Beaudin (grade 9), Michelle Josephine Beaudin (grades 2-3), Mary Bulycz (nursery & kindergarten), Thelma Eugenie Hertz (grades 4-5), Joseph Kustiak (grades 7-8), Mary Louise Orr (grade 6), Evelyn P.[surname illegibly] (grades 1-2)
1971-1972	Florent Aime Beaudin (grades 8-9), Michelle Josephine Beaudin (grades 1-2), Mary Bulycz (nursery & kindergarten), Mary Louise Orr (grades 2-3), Thelma Eugenie Hertz (grades 4-5), Joseph Kustiak (grades 6-7)
1972-1973	Florent Aime Beaudin (grades 7-9), Michelle Josephine Beaudin (grades 1-2), Mary Bulycz (nursery & kindergarten), Mary Louise Orr (grades 2-3), Thelma Eugenie Hertz (grades 3-4), Joseph Kustiak (grades 5-6)
1973-1974	Mary Bulycz (nursery & kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 3-4), Joseph Kustiak (grades 5-6), Gerald J. Lafreniere (grades 7-9), D. Gladys Whitford (grades 1-2)
1974-1975	Doris G. Atkinson (grades 1-2), William Agard Bell (grade 9), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 3-4), Jagdish Lal Grover (grades 7-8), Joseph Kustiak (grades 5-6)
1975-1976	Doris G. Atkinson (grade 1), William Agard Bell (grades 7-9), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 4-5), David James Holland (grades 2-3), Joseph Kustiak (grade 6)
1976-1977	Doris G. Atkinson (grades 2-3), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten, 0.5?), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 4-5), Ronald Thomas Houston (grades 8-9), Joseph Kustiak (grades 6-7), Eileen Muriel Senkow (grade 1)
1977-1978	Doris G. Atkinson (grade 2), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 3-4, August-October), Ronald Thomas Houston (grades 5-6), Joseph Kustiak (grades 7-8), Sister Aline Nick (grades 3-4, October-June), Joyce vander Schaaf (grade 1), Eileen Muriel Senkow (grade 1)
1978-1979	Doris G. Atkinson (grade 3), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 6-8), Joseph Kustiak (grades 4-5), Joyce vander Schaaf (grades 1-2), Deborah T. Yaffe (grade 2)
1979-1980	Doris G. Atkinson (grade 3), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 7-8), Ica? Theodore Forbes (grade 4), Joseph Kustiak (grades 5-6), Joyce vander Schaaf (grades 1-2)
1980-1981	Doris G. Atkinson (grades 2-3), Mary Bulycz (kindergarten), Sister Lumina Chartrand (grades 7-8), Ica? Theodore Forbes (grade 4), Joseph Kustiak (grades 5-6), Joyce vander Schaaf (grades 1-2)