Mountain Trail School - Beaverlodge, Alberta
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N 55° 11.994 W 119° 16.957
11U E 354724 N 6119413
Not many years left to visit this schoolhouse, as it squats closer to the ground every year.
Waymark Code: WMGA8F
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 02/05/2013
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This old log school house still stands at the foot of Saskatoon Mountain, near Beaverlodge, Alberta. There is, however, no longer any sign of the stable or outbuildings remaining.
There is a sign on the building which indicates that it was used from 1921 until 1954. However, information at the South Peace Archives (excerpt below) tells a different story; that it was in use from 1930 until 1944. Perhaps the different dates refer to different uses, such as a community hall, etc. You may decide for yourself which account, if either, is true.
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"Mountain Trail School District 4071. -- 1930-1948.
Mountain Trail School was located at the bottom of Saskatoon Mountain on its south face, 5 miles east of Beaverlodge. The site contained a stable and outbuildings as well as the log school, at which grades 1-9 were taught. Elna Elkins was the first teacher, followed by Jessie Erskine in 1932, Elizabeth Willetts, Serena Otterbein, Beatrice Moir, Miss M. Feist, and Annie Proden, . Florence Russell taught from 1941-1943. The school was closed in 1944 and the school furnishings forwarded to Beaverlodge, the school district where the students would attend."