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P7529 - Brandon - Mackay Indian Residential School, Dauphin, Man. (1957). Source: The General Synod Archives, Anglican Church of Canada.

McKay (MB)

Dates of Operation
October 1, 1914 - June 30, 1988
Description
While this school had the same name as the Anglican School in The Pas, it opened 20 years after The Pas school burned down and should be seen as a separate school. It originally operated as an elementary school, but additional dormitories were built in the 1960s to take in high school students who attended local day schools in Dauphin. Elementary school children who lived in Dauphin also attended the school as day students. In 1969, the McKay school closed, but the federal government continued to operate the residences (Scrase Hall and Spence Hall) up until 1988. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
Anglican Church of Canada

More Information

Alternate Name(s)
Church of England Boarding School The Pas
Dauphin
Dauphin High School
Dauphin McKay Residence
Dauphin Residential School
John A. MacKay Boarding School
Le Pas Indian Residential School
Le Pas Indian School
MacKay
MacKay Boarding School
MacKay Indian Boarding School
MacKay Indian Residential School
MacKay School
McKay Indian Residential School
McKay Student Residence
McKay Student Residence
Scrase Hall
Spence Hall
The Pas
The Pas Indian Boarding School
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Map Information

Location
First location, 1914-1933: "Point is on the site of main building of the first location of the Mackay Indian Residential School. The building opened in 1914 and burnt down in 1933. The school grounds were located Fisher Island, Opaskawaya Cree Nation 21F. The school was re-established in Dauphin in 1957" (Orlandini, 2019).
 
Second location, 1957-1988: "Point is on the main building that was used by the Mackay Indian Residential School from 1957 to 1988. The school complex is on the west side of Ida Street between Whitmore Avenue and Pioneer Avenues. The buildings and property are owned by Dauphin Church of Christ and is now called Parkland Crossing" (Orlandini, 2019).
Location Credit
Morgan Hite and 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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