We welcome you to the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre.

The records on our site emerge from the cultural and physical genocide that the Canadian government and churches conducted through the Indian Residential School System, including the ongoing impacts.

Bearing witness to these records may become overwhelming. If you are a Survivor or an Intergenerational Survivor and would like support, you can call the 24-hour National Indian Residential School Crisis Line at:

1-866-925-4419

Please click the button below for other cultural and mental health resources.

Wellness Resources
Home > Find > The Crosby Girls' Home at Port Simpson, Miss S. Hart in c...
The Crosby Girls' Home at Port Simpson, Miss S. Hart in charge, 1888-1893
The Crosby Girls' Home at Port Simpson, Miss S. Hart in charge, 1888-1893

Ways to Engage

Contribute

Do you have a story or comment to contribute?

The Crosby Girls' Home at Port Simpson, Miss S. Hart in charge, 1888-1893
Pacific Mountain Regional Council Archives

Archival Item
1888-1893
Image > Photograph
Description
Exterior view of Crosby Girls' Home, Lax Kw'alaams (Port Simpson).
Curatorial Comment
The second Crosby Girls’ Home, which was opened in 1892. By the 1890s, the Methodist Woman’s Missionary Society had replaced the Crosbys as managers of the home. The Society purchased two acres of land outside the Tsimshian reserve and built a new home with room for up to 50 girls. Girls no longer attended the day school in the village, and they were not permitted any vacation time.

Themes

Foundations of the IRS System (narrative thread)
Residential Schools in BC (narrative thread)

More Information

Holding Repository
Pacific Mountain Regional Council Archives
Holding Repository Identifier
BCCA 2-978
Commission Object Identifier
38f-c000139-d0001-001
Extent and Medium

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Copyright status: public domain
Permalink

Related

People/Organizations
Events

TOP