Mount Elgin Residential School

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Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Mount Elgin Residential School

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Mount Elgin Indian Residential School
  • Muncey
  • St. Thomas
  • Muncey Institution
  • Mount Elgin Institute and School
  • Mount Elgin Indian Institution
  • Mount Elgin Industrial and Training School
  • Mount Elgin Industrial Institute
  • Mount Elgin Industrial Farm and Insitution

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1851–1862, 1867–1946

      History

      Mount Elgin Residential School was located on what is now the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, No. 42, in Muncey, 32 kilometres southwest of London, Ontario.  The land occupied by the school also bordered on the Oneida Nation of the Thames reserve from which it leased land.   With support from the Department of Indian Affairs, the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society operated the school from 1851-1862, and 1867-1874. In 1874 The Methodist Church of Canada took over operations. Then, in 1925 The United Church of Canada took over ownership until its closure in 1946.

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      Authority record identifier

      Institution identifier

      ON00340

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Revised October 20, 2022 by LH.

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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 names were reviewed/approved by Indigenous Ministries and Justice (UCC).