Appendix 2
Schools destroyed by fire: 1867 to 1997
This appendix of school fires (and the appendices following) represent the number of fires that the trc identified in the course of preparing this report. Further research will likely identify additional fires. Religious affiliation of the school is identified when there are two schools in a single location.
1)Île-à-la-Crosse, North-West Territories (now Saskatchewan) (1867)1
2)Shingwauk Home, Garden River, Ontario (1873)2
3)Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, boys’ school and girls’ school (1885)3
4)Coqualeetza Institute, Chilliwack, British Columbia (1892)4
5)Roman Catholic school at Onion Lake, North-West Territories (now Saskatchewan) (1894)5
6)Fort William, Ontario, orphanage (1894)6
7)Elkhorn, Manitoba (1895)7
8)Mohawk Institute, Brantford, Ontario (1903)8
9)Anglican school at Wabasca, North-West Territories (now Alberta) (1903)9
10)Qu’Appelle, North-West Territories (now Saskatchewan) (1904)10
11)Saint-Paul-des-Métis, Alberta (1905). One student died in this fire.11
12)Kitamaat, British Columbia, girls’ home (1906)12
13)Rupert’s Land school, Middlechurch, Manitoba (1906)13
14)Wikwemikong girls’ school, Manitoulin Island, Ontario (1911)14
15)Norway House, Manitoba (1913)15
16)Fort Vermilion, Alberta (1914)16
17)Alberni, British Columbia (1917)17
18)Ahousaht, British Columbia (1917)18
19)Sechelt, British Columbia (1917)19
20)Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan (1920)20
21)Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan (1920)21
22)Crosby Girls’ Home, Port Simpson, British Columbia (1921)22
23)Joussard, Alberta (1923)23
24)Kamloops, British Columbia (1925)24
25)Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan (1925)25
26)Beauval, Saskatchewan (1927).26 Nineteen students and one staff person died in this fire.27
27) Gleichen, Alberta (1928)28
28) Roman Catholic school at Onion Lake, Saskatchewan (1928)29
29)Gordon’s Reserve, Saskatchewan (1929)30
30)Cross Lake, Manitoba (1930). Twelve students and one staff person died in this fire.31
31)Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan (1932)32
32)Fort Vermilion, Alberta (1932)33
33)Anglican school at The Pas, Manitoba (1933)34
34)Alberni, British Columbia (1937)35
35)Carcross, Yukon Territory (1939)36
36)Fort Albany, Ontario (1939)37
37)Carcross, Yukon Territory (1940)38
38)Ahousaht, British Columbia (1940)39
39)Alberni, British Columbia (1941)40
40)File Hills, Saskatchewan (1942)41
41)Fort George, Québec (the Anglican school) (1943)42
42)Onion Lake, Saskatchewan (the Anglican school) (1943)43
43)Wabasca, Alberta (1945)44
44)Norway House, Manitoba (1946)45
45)Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan (1947)46
46)Delmas, Saskatchewan (Thunderchild) (1948)47
47)Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories (1950)48
48)Sturgeon Landing, Saskatchewan (1952)49
49)McIntosh, Ontario (1965)50
50)Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories (1973)51
51)Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories (1974)52
52)Fort George, Québec (1975) (federal teachers’ residence)53
53)Fort Smith, Northwest Territories (1980)54