IRSHDC : School : Fort Alexander (MB) [18711]

Fort Alexander (MB)

Dates of Operation

September 1, 1905 - June 30, 1970

Description

The Fort Alexander School was built on land on the Fort Alexander Reserve (now the Sagkeeng First Nation) in southeastern Manitoba in 1905. Up until then, many children from the reserve had gone to the St. Boniface Industrial School. From its early years, the school had problems with runaways. In one tragic case, two boys who tried to runaway in 1928 by taking a boat, drowned. While it ceased operation as a residential school in 1970, it continued to operate as a local day school for a number of years. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Catholic Church

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Alternate Name(s)

Fort Alexander Boarding School
Fort Alexander Residential School
Fort Alexander Student Residence
Pine Falls

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Location

"Point is on the site of the Fort Alexander residential school building that was demolished in 1972. The school building and adjacent buildings were located on Lot 60A on the Fort Alexander Reserve. The school was located between Highway 11 and the Winnipeg River. The cemetery is located at 50.617099000 -96.3084080000" (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]