FIRST - Seminary and Superintendent - Picton, Ontario
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N 43° 59.364 W 077° 12.167
18T E 323361 N 4873054
The West Lake Boarding School housed the first seminary in Canada of the Society of Friends. This institution was opened as a girls' school in 1841. Thomas Clarke, a local Quaker, assisted by his wife, was the first Superintendent.
Waymark Code: WM146FV
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/29/2021
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Westlake Boarding School
Built before 1839, this home, a fine example of "Loyalist Neo-Classical" architecture, was the main building of the West Lake Boarding School between 1841 and 1865. The first seminary in Canada of the Society of Friends, this institution was opened as a girls' school in 1841 and, with the completion of a frame structure for boys to the east, the school was in full operation in 1842. Thomas Clarke, a local Quaker, assisted by his wife, was the first Superintendent. By 1854 the school had a total registration of 110 pupils of whom 47 were girls and 63 boys. The school ceased operations in 1865 and was sold in 1869.
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Date of FIRST: 01/01/1841
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