1838 Lowertown schoolhouse
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Sakidoo
N 45° 49.392 W 077° 05.089
18T E 338055 N 5076517
This 1838 school house featured a tower bell, beconing children to enter.
Waymark Code: WMAVK0
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 02/27/2011
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In 1957 the Ottawa Valley Historical Society obtained the 1838 Lowertown schoolhouse and approximately two acres of land. The schoolhouse had served continuously as a place of learning for over 100 years. One year later, in 1958, the Society opened the Champlain Trail Museum, Pembroke's first museum, in the old schoolhouse. In the mid 1980's, the school was re-opened as an exhibition schoolhouse, with a rebuilt tower accommodating an outside school bell.
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