This cache is in view of the original Haultain School now known
as L'École canadienne-française. You need to use stealth &
bring your own writing utensil.
Haultain School was opened in 1924, and named in honour of Sir
Frederick Haultain, former Commissioner of Education and later
first Premier of the Northwest Territories. The school's first
principal was Miss Victoria Miners. In 1936, she received a Master
of Education, making her the first woman in Saskatoon and only the
second woman in Canada to earn that degree.
When the school was first constructed, it was on the outskirts
of Saskatoon. Many homes had no running water - it was delivered by
water truck and residents could purchase pails of water. The school
provided Monday morning baths in the school basement, and several
homes still had outhouses until plumbing was established. Street
railway bus service to Haultain Schhol commenced on March 19, 1932.
Haultain School was renovated in the 1950s, during a period of
rapid school planning and building. Haultain School closed by the
1990s, and was purchased by the francophone school board. It became
L'École canadienne-française in 1995 and offered classes from
kindergarten to Grade 12. In 2006, Grade 8 to 12 students moved to
a new facility, Pavillon Gustave Dubois.