Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Birtle Residential School
Parallel form(s) of name
- Birtle Indian Residential School
- Birtle Industrial School
- Birtle Boarding and Industrial School
- Birtle Indian Boarding School
- Birtle Boarding School
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1888-1970
History
Birtle Residential School was first located in approximately half a mile north of Birtle, Manitoba, then later relocated to the town of Birtle. It was funded by the Government of Canada and operated by the Presbyterian Church in Canada. It opened as a day school in 1883 and was converted to a boarding school in 1888. The school closed in 1970.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
- Canada » Manitoba » Westman Region » Birtle
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
ON00340
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Updated 10/28/22 by LH.
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Sources
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation