IRSHDC : School : Spanish Girls School (ON) [18760]

Girls School, Spanish Ont (1920-1965). Source: Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, Algoma University.

Spanish Girls School (ON)

Dates of Operation

March 24, 1868 - June 30, 1962

Description

The Spanish girls’ school was built as a replacement for the Wikwemikong school on Manitoulin Island which had burned down in 1911. The girls were moved to Spanish in 1913, although construction of the school was not completed until 1914. Eight girls died during the 1918 flu epidemic. At Spanish, the girls were more involved in farm labour than at other residential schools. Despite overcrowding in the early 1950s, by the later years of the decade enrollment fell. In 1959 the school had to close its farm operation and in 1962, the school closed completely. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Catholic Church

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Alternate Name(s)

Spanish Girl's School
Spanish Industrial School
Spanish River Industrial School
Spanish School for Girls
St. Anne's
St. Joe's Spanish
St. Joseph's
St. Joseph's Convent
St. Joseph's Residential School
St. Peter's

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Map Information

Location

First location, Wikwemikong Industrial School, Girls, 1868-1911: "Point is on the site of the two frame buildings used by the Girls' School mid 1880s until 1911. The school burnt down in 1911. It school was located further up the hill from church, convent, and cemetery. Girls' School is on the same property as the Boys' school" (Orlandini, 2019).

Second location, Spanish Girls School, 1913-1962: "Point is on the main building of the Spanish Girls' School (St. Joseph's). The ruins of the building are still present 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]