Built in 1916, the
Former Portage la Prairie Indian Residential
School
is
the oldest existing example in Manitoba of a system
of boarding schools for Aboriginal children which was created
across Canada between 1883-1960.
Work is underway to turn this
former residential school in Portage la Prairie into a
museum chronicling the impact of residential schools on Canada's
aboriginal people.
The Indian Residential School Museum of Canada is
slated to officially open on June 21, 2008.
The Portage school is a good example of prevailing
ideas concerning residential school design and still maintains its
original quality.
A
monument to residential school survivors was
erected last December and features an eagle perched on a 27
1/2-metre steel replica of a spruce tree.
Cache is now a 35mm film cannister and only has
room for a log book. Please bring your own pencil.
.
