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P7538 - MSCC - St. Peter's Indian Residential School (1917-1922). Source: The General Synod Archives, Anglican Church of Canada.

Lesser Slave Lake (AB)

Dates of Operation
September 1, 1895 - June 30, 1932
Description
In 1894 Anglican missionaries opened a boarding school at Lesser Slave Lake, which became known as the St. Peter’s school. Because a large number of students at the school were Métis, in 1909, the federal government reclassified it as a day school and reduced its funding. The church continued to operate it as a boarding school and in 1915, when the number of treaty students increased, it once more received federal funding. When, during the 1920s, the number of treaty students declined, federal funding was once again withdrawn. Due to its low enrollment, the Lesser Slave Lake school was closed in 1932. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
Anglican Church of Canada

More Information

Alternate Name(s)
Anglican Mission at Lesser Slave Lake
Church of England Lesser Slave Lake Boarding School
English Church Mission School Lesser Slave Lake
Lesser Slave Lake Boarding School
Lesser Slave Lake Church of England Boarding School
St. Peter's
St. Peter's Indian Boarding School
St. Peter's Indian Residential School
St. Peter's Lesser Slave Lake
St. Peter's Mission School
St. Peter's School
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Map Information

Location
"Point is on the Lesser Slave Lake residential school site. The school was located on the south end of Lot 64, Section 13, Township 76, Range 15, about 300m west of the Kapawe'no No. 150C reserve boundary" (Orlandini, 2019). 
Location Credit
Rosa Orlandini. 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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