IRSHDC : School : Pelican Lake (ON) [18755]

P2014-05-40 - Keewatin - The back of Pelican Lake IRS (1965). Source: The Anglican General Synod Archives, Anglican Church of Canada.

Pelican Lake (ON)

Dates of Operation

September 1, 1927 - June 30, 1978

Description

Pelican Lake school was established in 1926 near Sioux Lookout, ON. Despite its location on the Canadian Shield, the students cleared a portion of the school’s 287 acres for a farm operation. In the late 1940s there was severe overcrowding in the school. In the 1950s the school increasingly served as a residence for students attending local day schools. The federal government took over administration of the school in 1969. In 1978 the school, which by then was operating solely as a hostel, closed. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Anglican Church of Canada

More Information

Alternate Name(s)

Anglican Indian Residential School
Pelican Falls
Pelican Lake Indian Residential School
Pelican Lake Student Residence
Sioux Lookout
Sioux Lookout Anglican Indian Residential School
Sioux Lookout Indian Residential School

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of the main school building of the Sioux Lookout / Pelican Lake Residential School. The building has been demolished. The school buildings were located on a point jutting out into the lake. Today it is property of the Pelican Falls First Nations High 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]