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Fort George Roman Catholic (QC)

Dates of Operation
September 1, 1937 - June 30, 1981
Description
The Fort George Roman Catholic residential school (or the Ste. Therese de l’Enfant Jesus school) was established in 1937 on an island in the mouth of the Fort George (now the La Grande) River. Enrollment jumped to nearly eighty in the 1950s, and the school was overcrowded by the 1960s. In 1971 responsibility for the school (but not the residence, which was renamed the Couture Student Residence) was transferred to a provincial school board. By 1979 the residence had been transferred to a local school authority. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
Catholic Church

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Alternate Name(s)
Residence Couture
Sainte-Therese-de-l'Enfant-Jesus
St. Joseph's Mission
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Location
"Point is on the site of the original school and dormitory buildings of the Ste-Therese/Fort-George Roman Catholic Residential School. All of the buildings were torn down by the early 1980s. The mission and community was moved to Chisasibi in 1981" (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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