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This new residence could house 120 students who shared six-bed dormitories. Ninety students from first to sixth grade attended the school. Older students lived in the dormitories but took a bus to attend public school in Fort Frances. In spite of all these renovations, however, a lack of boarders would see the student housing shut down in 1974.
May 30, 2018 · Jourdain attended St. Margaret’s School from 1948-55. Even though it was only half-a-mile away, he and other students were not allowed to go home. And even though he never attended Fort Frances’ other residential school, and did not know much about the inside, he knew “the agenda was the same.”
in 1893. Fort Frances was his first mission, where he stayed until 1894 when he left for Ste Rose du Lac, Manitoba. He worked in various residential schools before returning to Fort Frances in 1911. He was the school’s principal until 1918. Father Valès passed away in Le Bouscat, France, in 1922.
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Mar 18, 2024 · An event in Fort Frances on Monday attracted over 100 school survivors who attended St. Margaret’s Residential School and elders. Reunion of residential school survivors in Fort Frances, March 18, 2024.
May 12, 2016 · The Gordon Residential School in Punnichy, Saskatchewan, was the last federally run residential school which closed in 1996. The School Files Series was created or classified in the Headquarters School Files classification system. This system existed from approximately 1923 to 1949, when it was replaced by an overarching file-classification ...
Jun 21, 2021 · Fifty-six residential schools remain in operation across Canada. A decade later, the number declines to fewer than 20. Ontario’s Last Residential School Closes 1974. Fort Frances Indian Residential School is the last remaining to close its doors. Millennium Scoop 1980 - Present
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Oct 10, 2012 · Until the 1950s, holidays for many of the students included periods of work and play at the school. Only from the 1960s on did the schools routinely send children home for holidays. Therefore, many students in the residential school system did not see their family for years. Daily Schedule at Qu’Appelle Industrial School, 1893
