Historic Sites of Manitoba: Jeanne d’Arc School No. 1673 (Municipality of Norfolk Treherne)

A monument in the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne commemorates Jeanne d’Arc School, named for French martyr Joan of Arc, which operated in a building established in the southwest quarter of 30-7-8 west of the Principal Meridian, in April 1913. The school closed in January 1960 and its remaining students attended Notre Dame du Lourdes Consolidated School No. 2390.

Jeanne d'Arc School

Jeanne d’Arc School (no date) by G. H. Robertson
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 14.

Jeanne d’Arc School commemorative sign

Jeanne d’Arc School commemorative sign (August 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Jeanne d’Arc School commemorative sign

Jeanne d’Arc School commemorative sign (July 2024)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59167, W98.54940
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.

We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 August 2024

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