Iona School District 306, Southeast quarter of Section 15 township 13 range 33 West of the first meridian - Saskatchewan Gen Web - One room School Project


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Iona School District 306

, Southeast quarter of Section 15 township 13 range 33 West of the first meridian
1894-1901
near Wapella, Saskatchewan
St. Andrew's Colony,

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Iona School District 306, Southeast quarter of Section 15 township 13 range 33 West of the first meridian



Submitter, photographs © Patricia Schmidt
This image is adapted from Moosomin century one : town and country






The center of section 15 township 13- range 33 west of the 1st meridian locates at 50.0992, -101.9172
~ one section is one mile by one mile square

Nearby Placenames

Coothill Unincorporated area
Dumas Unincorporated area
Earlswood
Fleming
Gordon
Heather
Kelso Unincorporated area
Kelso Station Unincorporated area
Martin No. 122 Rural Municipality
Moosomin Town
Red Jacket Unincorporated area
Riga
Rosetti
Silverwood No. 123
Spring Creek
St Andrews Colony
Valley
Vandura Unincorporated area
Wapella Town
Wawken No. 93 Rural Municipality
Wawota
84


Maps Courtesy of:
School District Maps


Online Historical Canadian Maps Digitization Project

For more information about neighbouring schools:

Book title: Moosomin century one : town and country
Moosomin, Sask. : Moosomin History Book Committee, c1981.
ISBN 0889252424

Iona School District 306 by Christie Laing (excerpts) from Moosomin century one : town and country. Erected on the Southeast quarter of section 15, township 13 range 33 in 1894, the first school teacher was Mrs. J. Easton (nee Broatch) teaching in 1897. Iona school closed its doors in 1961.

Coverdale School District 493 began in 1899 under Annie Bartleman according to Art Joll reminisces. The petition was signted in March of 1899. The school was erected on the NOrtheast corder of the northwest quarter of section 13 township 13 range 32, opening that April. Coverdale remained open until 1961.

Neighbouring schools:
Moosomin School Unit #9 -->Consolidated School
Cailmount School District #574
Coppice Hill School District #4328
Elgin School District #321
Fairfield School District #46
Fleming School District #45
Ivanhoe School District #1040
Little Bluff School District #387
Marting School District #368
Mundell School District #4140
New Hastings School District #221
Old Welwyn School District #82
Orangevill School District #88
Red Jacket School District #39
Riga School District #239
Spring Creek School District #169
Stanley School District #147
Trafford School District #132
Woodlands School District #215

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