IRSHDC : School : Elkhorn (MB) [18710]

P75-103 - MSCC - Elkhorn School, Man. (1930s). Source: The General Synod Archives, Anglican Church of Canada.

Elkhorn (MB)

Dates of Operation

August 6, 1889 - June 30, 1949

Description

The Washakada Home for Girls and the Kasota Home for Boys were established in the village of Elkhorn, MB in 1888. Following a fire, the school was rebuilt outside the town in 1895. Ongoing financial problems led to a government takeover of the school. It was closed in 1918 but reopened in 1923, under the administration of the Anglican Church’s Missionary Society. Many students came from northern Manitoba. The leaders of The Pas Indian Band made a number of complaints about the conditions at the school, which was eventually closed in 1949. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Anglican Church of Canada

More Information

Alternate Name(s)

Anglican Indian Residential School
Elkhorn Indian Boarding School
Elkhorn Indian Industrial School
Elkhorn Industrial School
Elkhorn Institute
Elkhorn Institution
Elkhorn Washakada
Elkorn Indian Home
Indian Industrial School at Elkhorn
Kasota Home
Washakada
Washakada Indian Home
Washakada Industrial School

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of the Elkhorn residential school building. It was located on the west side of Elkhorn Manitoba, north of Richhill Avenue, south west of Hopps Avenue. The ruins of the school building are present on the site and several of the original buildings still stand on the former school property" (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]