IRSHDC : School : Fort Frances (ON) [18751]

View from a distance of the residential school Fort Frances (ca. 1950). Source: Library and Archives Canada / PA-212967.

Fort Frances (ON)

Dates of Operation

April 1, 1906 - September 30, 1974

Description

The Fort Frances School (also known as St. Margaret’s), on the southwest shore of Rainy Lake in northwestern Ontario, opened in 1906. In 1933 parental complaints about conditions in the school were followed by a change in principal, but by 1940, the issues that the parents were raising emerged once more. By the early 1960s the school was operated as a residence for students attending local schools in Fort Frances. The school operated until 1974. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Catholic Church

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Alternate Name(s)

Coochiching
Cootchiching Indian Boarding School
Couchiching Indian Residential School
Fort Frances Indian Boarding School
Fort Frances Industrial School
Fort Frances Student Residence
Fort Francis
Fort Francis School
St. Frances
St. Margaret's
St. Margaret's Indian Residential School

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of main school building of the Fort Frances Residential School. The school was established in 1906 and closed in 1974. The residential school building is no longer present. The original church building and cemetery are on the site" (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]