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No title (1932). Source: Deschâtelets-NDC Archives.

Immaculate Conception (NWT)

Dates of Operation
July 1, 1926 - June 30, 1959
Description
The Immaculate Conception school at Aklavik took in both Inuit and First Nations pupils. Following a request for more beds and mattresses in the early 1930s, Indian Affairs found that almost 30 children were sleeping on the floor. In 1952 the federal government opened a new integrated day school in the community, and students began living in the residence of the school while attending the day school. By the mid-1950s Canada had begun plans to move the entire community of Aklavik to Inuvik. In 1959, when new hostels opened in Inuvik, the older students from the school were transferred there. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
Catholic Church

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Alternate Name(s)
Aklavik Roman Catholic
Aklavik Roman Catholic Residential School
Mary Immaculate Conception Residential School
Mary Immaculate RC Residential School
Mary Immaculate Roman Catholic Residential School
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Map Information

Location
"Point is on the site of the Immaculate Conception Residential School building that was located in Lot 7. The school building no longer exists on the site. The mission house and church was located nearby in Lot 10" (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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