IRSHDC : School : Bishop Horden Hall (ON) [18748]

Bishop Horden Hall (ON)

Dates of Operation

July 1, 1906 - June 30, 1976

Description

Anglican missionaries established a boarding school at Moose Island on Hudson Bay in the 1850s. In 1905 the Bishop of Moosonee converted his former residence into a residential school. In 1914 that school (named Bishop’s school) was destroyed by fired and replaced with the Moose Fort school. A new building, named Bishop Horden Hall, was built in 1953. In the 1960s the classroom operations of the school were merged with those of the local public school, and the school was renamed the Horden Hall Student Residence. The federal government took over the administration of the school in 1969 and closed the Horden Hall Student Residence in 1976. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Anglican Church of Canada

More Information

Alternate Name(s)

Bishop Horden Memorial Indian Residential School
Bishop Horden Memorial School
Horden Hall
Moose Factory
Moose Fort
Moose Fort Indian and Eskimo Residential School
Moose Island

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of Horden Hall, the Moose Factory Residential School building that was on this site from 1953 to 1976. Today, the Ministik Public School is on the same site of Horden Hall. On the same property, the school building (1937-1953) was located 50 meters south at 51.249336, -80.613483. From 1912 to 1937, the school was located at 51.250402, -80.612444 . The first location of the school (1905-1911) was in the Bishop's Residence" (Orlandini, 2019).

Location Credit

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation 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]