Appendix 4
Additional reported fires that did not destroy buildings: 1867 to 1997
Religious affiliation of the school is identified when there are two schools in a single location.
1.Battleford, Saskatchewan (1885)1
2.Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, girls’ school (1888)2
3.Shingwauk Home, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (1889)3
4.Anglican school on the Blood Reserve, North-West Territories (now Alberta) (1895)4
5.Kuper Island, British Columbia (1895)5
6.Metlakatla, British Columbia, main building (1899)6
7.Red Deer, North-West Territories (now Alberta), piggery (1899)7
8.Birtle, Manitoba, basement (1901)8
9.Rupert’s Land school at Middlechurch, Manitoba, laundry and kitchen (two separate fires, two days apart) (1903)9
10.Mount Elgin, Muncey, Ontario, kitchen (1906)10
11.Elkhorn, Manitoba (1908)11
12.Mount Elgin, Muncey, Ontario, barn (1908)12
13.Presbyterian school at Kamsack, Saskatchewan (1913)13
14.Alberni, British Columbia (1913)14
15.Roman Catholic school at Onion Lake, Saskatchewan (1913)15
16.Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan (1914)16
17.St. Albert, Alberta (1917)17
18.Duck Lake, Saskatchewan (1917)18
19.Alert Bay, British Columbia (1918)19
20.Mount Elgin, Muncey, Ontario, kitchen (1922)20
21.Fraser Lake, British Columbia (1923)21
22.Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories (1923)22
23.Alert Bay, British Columbia (1924)23
24.Birtle, Manitoba, boys’ dormitory (1925)24
25.Grayson, Saskatchewan (1926)25
26.McIntosh, Ontario, laundry (1927)26
27.Morley, Alberta (1927)27
28.Anglican school at Onion Lake, Saskatchewan (1928)28
29.Mission, British Columbia (1928)29
30.Anglican school at The Pas, Manitoba (1929)30
31.Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories (1929)31
32.Blue Quills, Alberta (1929)32
33.Pine Creek, Manitoba (1930)33
34.Anglican school at Onion Lake, Saskatchewan (1930)34
35.Hay River, Northwest Territories, laundry (1931)35
36.Blue Quills, Alberta (1932)36
37.Grouard, Alberta (1932)37
38.Grouard, Alberta (1933)38
39.Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories (1933)39
40.Cluny, Alberta (1933)40
41.Morley, Alberta (1935)41
42.Hay River, Northwest Territories, school roof (1935)42
43.Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, boiler room (1936)43
44.Sioux Lookout, Ontario, engine room (1936)44
45.Morley, Alberta, stables (1938)45
46.Fraser Lake, British Columbia, laundry (1938)46
47.Alert Bay, British Columbia, boys’ dormitory and sitting room (1939)47
48.Fraser Lake, British Columbia, laundry and roof (1939)48
49.Fort Alexander, Manitoba, laundry room (1941)49
50.File Hills, Saskatchewan, two classrooms destroyed (1942)50
51.Chapleau, Ontario, chimney (1944)51
52.Hobbema, Alberta, boiler room (1945)52
53.Chapleau, Ontario, furnace room (1947)53
54.Edmonton, Alberta, laundry room (1948)54
55.Chapleau, Ontario, chimney (1948)55
56.Pine Creek, Manitoba, girls’ dormitory (1951)56
57.Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, boys’ dormitory closet (1951)57
58.Williams Lake, British Columbia, classroom destroyed (1954)58
59.Beauval, Saskatchewan, wood storage room (1956)59
60.Catholic school at Cardston, Alberta, fire above the furnace room (1958)60
61.Coppermine, Northwest Territories, school building (1959)61
62.Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, gymnasium and shops area (1960)62
63.Gordon’s, Saskatchewan, basement rumpus room (1963)63
64.Fort Smith, Northwest Territories (1964)64
65.Carcross, Yukon, boiler room (1966)65
66.Beauval, Saskatchewan (1966)66
67.Churchill, Manitoba, residence bedroom (1967)67
68.Churchill, Manitoba, washroom (1967)68
69.Carcross, Yukon, boiler room (1968)69
70.Catholic school at Kamsack, Saskatchewan, girls’ dormitory and laundry room (fires on two consecutive days) (1969)70
71.Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, dormitory (1974)71
72.Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, dormitory (1974)72
73.Catholic school at Cardston, Alberta, principal’s office and two dormitory fires (1976)73
74.Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan (a series of small fires in the dormitories and gymnasium in 1977 and 1978)74
75.Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, boys’ dormitory (1977)75
76.Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, boys’ dormitory (1979)76
77.Mission, British Columbia, residence (1980)77
78.Gordon’s, Saskatchewan, residence bedroom (1986)78
79.Lestock, Saskatchewan, girls’ dormitory (1993)79
80.Lestock, Saskatchewan, dormitory (1993)80