IRSHDC : School : Wawanosh Home (ON) [18761]

P2010-07 - Algoma - Wawanosh Home for Girls (1884). Source: The General Synod Archives, Anglican Church of Canada.

Wawanosh Home (ON)

Dates of Operation

January 1, 1879 - August 5, 1892

Description

The Wawanosh School for girls was opened in 1879 at a site not far from the Shingwauk school in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. An1883 study showed that eighty-three per cent of the girls who had attended the school had either died or left the Wawanosh Home in less than five years. When a new addition was built for the girls in 1900 it was discovered that there was no way to heat it. In 1900 the girl’s school moved to the Shingwauk site. In 1935, the two schools were merged to create the Shingwauk residential school, which was housed in a new building. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Anglican Church of Canada

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Alternate Name(s)

Wawanosh Home for Indian Girls

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Location

"Point is on the predicted location of the Wawanosh Home for Girls. According the Algoma Missionary News, the Wawanosh school was located 2.5 miles away from the Shingwauk school, easily located by the Northern Road. According to one source, 'History of the St. Luke's Parish', the 1877-78, the Wawanosh Indian Residential School for Girls was built on the property now occupied by the Royal Canadian Legion and Willowgrove United Church. The legion and church are next to the Great Northern Road and Willoughby Street" (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]