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No title (1965-1975). Source: Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, Algoma University.

Poplar Hill (ON)

Dates of Operation
September 1, 1962 - June 30, 1989
Description
The Poplar Hill School opened in 1962 in a small school building that had previously been operated by the Mennonite Northern Light Gospel Mission of Red Lake, Ontario. The Northern Youth Program branch of the Mission operated the residential school. Aside from elementary education, the school provided academic and vocational training for young adults. In 1969 it became the Poplar Hill Development School. The school closed in 1989. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
Mennonite Church

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Alternate Name(s)
Mennonite Mission School
Mennonite Mission School
Poplar Hill Development School
Poplar Hill Indian Private School
Poplar Hill Mennonite Residential School
Poplar Hill Mennonite School
Poplar Hill School
Poplar Hill Student Residence
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Location
"Point is on the site of the main residence building of the Pelican Lake Residential School. There were up to 13 buildings on the school campus. All of the buildings have been torn down. The school was located on a point of land along the Berens River on the opposite shore of the First Nation's community of Poplar Hill" (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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