IRSHDC : School : Wabasca (AB) [18702]

P2011 03 - Godwin - St. John's Indian Residential School, Wabasca, AB (1950-1956). Source: The General Synod Archives, Anglican Archives of Canada.

Wabasca (AB)

Dates of Operation

1902 -1966

Description

The Anglican boarding school at Lake Wabasca opened in 1894. The federal government began providing support to the school in 1903. Much of the school was destroyed by fire in 1903. From the 1920s to the 1940s concern over the deteriorating school buildings led the government to consider closing the school. In 1945 the main dormitory was destroyed by fire. New facilities were built, but by the mid-1960s enrollment was too low to justify operation of the school and it closed in 1966. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Anglican Church of Canada

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Alternate Name(s)

Athabasca Landing
Athabasca Landing School
Church of England Boarding School at Wapuskow
Mission School at Wabiscow
St. John
St. John's
St. John's Anglican
St. John's School
St. John’s Mission Wapuskaw School
St. John’s Primary
Wabasca ACC IRS
Wabasca Anglican Hostel
Wabasca C. of E. Indian Residential School #767
Wabasca Hostel
Wabasca Residential School
Wabiscaw Lake
Wabiscaw Lake Church of England Boarding School
Wabiscow
Wabiscow Boarding School
Wabiskaw C. of E.
Wapuscaw
Wapuscaw School
Wapuskaw Indian School
Wapuskaw Mission

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of the school building of the Wabasca Indian Residential School. The school was situated near St. Theresa School on Neewatin Drive in Wabasca. The original buildings no longer exist on the site" (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]