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Anglican Mission Boarding School girls residence (left), old Hudson’s Bay store (centre) old warehouse (right), Shingle Point, Mackenzie District, Yukon (1930). Source: The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

Shingle Point (YK)

Dates of Operation

September 16, 1929 - August 31, 1936

Description

The Shingle Point School was the first residential school created specifically for Inuit children. Because it focused on Inuit pupils, the school fell under the administration of the Department of the Interior and not Indian Affairs. Operated during the great depression in a remote and windswept location where shipping was expensive and unreliable, the school suffered from sometimes marginal food supplies, overcrowding, and little access to medical care. In 1936 the school was closed and everything was moved to the new All Saints Anglican Residential School in Aklavik. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Anglican Church of Canada

More Information

Alternate Name(s)

All Saints Residential School
Shingle Point Eskimo School
St. John's
St. John's Anglican Residential School
St. John’s Eskimo Residential School

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the approximate location of the Shingle Point school. It was located in the Anglican Mission, situated 100 yards west of the Shingle Point Hudson Bay Post" (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]