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Readers of the ATA Magazine are asked to help with the establishment of a visual archive of the province’s early country schools. Many of these historic buildings are abandoned and deteriorating. Before time, neglect and the elements claim them completely, it is hoped that a photographic record can be compiled.
You can help
First, let us know the whereabouts of these buildings. All that is required is a simple description using highway numbers referenced to a nearby village or range road and township coordinates.
Second, tell us what you know about the buildings (school names, current uses, original locations, if they have been moved, and their history).
Third, if possible, provide a photograph. Photos can be on print film or electronic.
Send information to Tim Johnston, Editor, The ATA Magazine, by post, telephone or e-mail (tim.johnston@ata.ab.ca).
Fertile Forest School, 1914–1953
Located 14.5 km west of Ponoka and 1.5 km north of the Rimbey Highway
(declared a heritage building, now used as community centre)
—Photo by Eileen Moltzahn, Fort Macleod
Anthill School, S.D. No. 2663, 1912–1954
Originally located 6.5 km west and 3 km south of Rowley
(moved to a farm and used for grain storage)
—Photo courtesy of Al and Ruth Rieb, Calgary
North Cottage School, Village of North Red Deer, 1911–1966
Restored in 1989 (now used as an alternative high school)
—Photo by Harlan Hulleman, Red Deer
Fidelity School
Located on the north east corner of the intersection of Range Road 80 and Township Road 524
(now used for community gatherings)
Campbell Lake School
Originally located on Range Road 61, north of Township Road 520
(now restored for use as summer cabin)
—Photos by Dorothy Tovell, Edmonton
Glencoe School, S.D. No. 1622, 1908–1939
Relocated in the hamlet of Fleet
(now used as a church)
Daisy Bank School, S.D. No. 2175
Located 8 km south of Halkirk
Closed in 1954
(used as the Daisy Bank Community Center, now abandoned)
—Photos by Kathy Weber, Castor
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