IRSHDC : School : Lapointe Hall (NWT) [18734]

[Fort Simpson] (1973). Source: Northwest Territories Archives.

Lapointe Hall (NWT)

Dates of Operation

October 1, 1960 - June 30, 1988

Description

During its operation, LaPointe Hall was plagued by incidents of illness and reports of ill-treatment of students. LaPointe closed in the early 1970s, but reopened in 1975 under an agreement between the Territorial government and the Koe Go Cho Society. The Society operated the school with Territorial government funding. When the Anglican hostel in the community, Bompas Hall, closed in 1975, students and some staff were brought to LaPointe Hall, which was now non-denominational. In 1985 the Territorial government signed an agreement with the Deh Cho Regional Council to operate the facility. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Catholic Church

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Alternate Name(s)

Koe Go Cho
Deh Cho Hall
Deh Choe Hall
Fort Simpson Roman Catholic
Fort Simpson Roman Catholic Hostel
Fort Simpson Roman Catholic Pupil Residence
Koe Go Cho Hostel
Koe Go Cho Residence
La Point Hall
La Pointe Hall

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of Lapointe Hall. The building has been torn down. Lapointe Hall was located next to the Fort Simpson Federal Day School which is now the Thomas Simpson High School, and across the road from Bompas Hall which is now Bompas Elementary School" (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]