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No title (unknown date). Source: Deschâtelets-NDC Archives.

Beauval (SK)

Dates of Operation
1897 -1995
Description
St. Bruno’s boarding school was opened by Roman Catholic missionaries in 1860 at Ile à la Crosse. Poor living conditions at the school led the Grey Nuns teaching at the school to leave in 1905. In 1906 the school was moved to the confluence of the La Plonge and Beaver Rivers. In 1927 nineteen students and one teacher died in a fire that destroyed the school and the dormitories. In 1969 the federal government took over the administration of the school. In 1985 full control of the school and residence was transferred to the Meadow Lake Tribal Council. The residence closed in 1995. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
Catholic Church

More Information

Alternate Name(s)
Beauval Indian Boarding School
Beauval Indian Education Centre
Beauval Indian Residential High School
Beauval Indian Residential School
Beauval Student Residence
Ile a la Crosse
Ile a la Crosse Boarding School
Ile a la Crosse School
La Plonge High School
Lac la Plonge
Lac la Plonge Indian Boarding School
Lac la Plonge Indian Mission School
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Map Information

Location
Île à la Crosse,1897-1906: "Point on the site of school building that was used as the Ile à la Crosse Residential school until 1906. The school moved to Beauval in 1906. The Ile à la Crosse school reopened as a Métis Residential School in 1917. The building burnt down in the early 1920s. After 1920s there were several school buildings built on this same site and used as a Metis residential school until the 1970s" (Orlandini, 2019).
 
Beauval, 1906-1994: "Point is on the site of the second residential school building on the property (1932-1994). The original residential school building on this property was opened in 1906 and burnt down in 1927. It was located approximately 100 metres southeast, along Blec road near the landing. Early air photos indicate there is a graveyard located at 55.156038, -107.578898" (Orlandini, 2019).
Location Credit
Morgan Hite and 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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