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Holy Angels (AB)

Dates of Operation
September 1, 1900 - June 30, 1974
Description
The Holy Angels school was founded 1874 at Fort Chipewyan, in what is now Alberta. The school moved to a new school building in 1881, which was enlarged in 1898, 1904, and 1907. A new school opened in 1944 and in the 1950s a day school operated out of the residential school. Many of the students at the school were Métis or non-Aboriginal. From the 1950s onward Holy Angels increasingly became a child welfare institution. The school closed 1974. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
Catholic Church

More Information

Alternate Name(s)
Athabasca Orphan's Asylum
Ecole des Saints-Anges
École des Saints-Anges
Fort Chipewyan
Fort Chipewyan Boarding School
Fort Chipewyan Residential School
Holy Angels Boarding School
Holy Angels Convent
Holy Angels Hostel
Holy Angels Indian Residential School
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Location
"Point is on the site of the building that was used as the Holy Angels Indian Residential School. The building has been torn down. The school property was part of the Roman Catholic Mission site, formerly Lot 36, currently lot 2A" (Orlandini, 2019).
Location Credit
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The school/hostel location data was collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission / National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Morgan Hite (Atlas of Indian Residential Schools of Canada), Stephanie Pyne (Residential Schools Land Memory Mapping Project) and Rosa Orlandini (Map and GIS Librarian, York University Libraries). The location data and associated attribute data was enhanced, revised and updated by Rosa Orlandini, in consultation with the Archivists at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
Location Source
Orlandini, Rosa, 2019, "Residential Schools Locations Dataset (Shapefile format)", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/FJG5TG, Borealis, V3, UNF:6:TTc1mMvx2BlBqBgIN05xVw== [fileUNF]

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