Kitimaat Residential School

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Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Kitimaat Residential School

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Elizabeth Long Memorial Home for Girls
  • Kitimaat Indian Girls' Home
  • Elizabeth Long Memorial Home
  • Kitimaat Indian Boarding School
  • Kitimat Boarding Home and Day School
  • Kitamaat Home for Indian Children
  • Kitamaat Residential School

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      Dates of existence

      1894–1898, 1899–1908, 1908–1941

      History

      The Elizabeth Long Memorial Home was located in Kitamaat Village, a reserve of the Haisla Nation, located near the head of Douglas Channel in northern British Columbia, some 120 kilometres southeast of Prince Rupert. From 1894-1898 an informal boarding school was operated on the site by missionaries of The Methodist Church of Canada. In 1899 the Woman's Missionary Society took the home over, and operated a Girls’ Home until 1908, followed by the Elizabeth Long Memorial Home until 1925. In 1925 operations were transferred to the Board of Home Missions of The United Church of Canada until its closure in 1941.

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      Institution identifier

      ON00340

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          Sources

          Library and Archives Canada
          National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
          The United Church of Canada Archives
          www.thechildrenremembered.ca

          Maintenance notes

          Authorized form of name were reviewed/approved by Indigenous Ministries and Justice (UCC).