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TWIN RIVERS ELEMENTARY

A black and white photograph from 1992 showing Twin Rivers School, a sprawling single-story educational building with large windows, situated in an expansive open field with a dramatic backdrop of forested mountains, indicative of the school's serene and natural setting.

This school opened in 1959 and originally had four primary classes. Two rooms were added in the early 1960s. Additional classrooms were constructed over the years. Twin Rivers School housed only elementary intermediate grades and was a feeder school for Kinnaird Junior Secondary (Middle) School. Twin Rivers continues to serve the community of Castlegar.

THRUMS – TARRYS

A black and white photograph of Thrums-Tarrys School, depicting a modest, two-story wooden building in a wintry setting, with snow on the ground and surrounded by tall trees, under a large expanse of sky with visible power lines, suggesting a quiet, rural educational setting from the past.

In 1908, a two-room school opened to serve pupils in the Thrums-Tarrys area. The school’s enrollment was 21 pupils. This old wooden structure was used until about 1947. During 1948 – 49, a new school was built at Tarrys. However, this school succumbed to fire. Several years went by before the school was rebuilt. The […]

SYRINGA CREEK

This school was located about 9 miles north of Robson on the Lower Arrow Lake. The school was built in 1913 by the settlers of this community with volunteer labor. Money was raised for the windows and doors by the willing community. Pupils went to the school from grades 1 to 4. The school was […]

STANLEY HUMPHRIES HIGH SCHOOL

Stanley Humphries High School opened its doors in January 1951. It served as a Junior/Senior High School with grades 7 to 13. The school is constructed of cement instead of wood frame. There have been many rooms were added since the opening including a band room, library, gymnasium and a Fine Industrial Education wing. It […]

SHOREACRES

A one-room school was built on the east side of the Kootenay River, in an area known as Shoreacres in 1915. In 1928, a second room was added and enrollment grew to 54 pupils. Unfortunately, in 1938 the original school was burned down and its students were then transferred to the Glade School. In 1967, […]

ROBSON

A grainy black and white photograph from 1914 of Robson School, depicting a two-story wooden building with a steep gabled roof and large windows, typical of early 20th-century educational structures, evoking the historic charm of the era's rural schoolhouses.

The first weekday school in Robson was held in a church building. The first school classes in the building began in September, 1908. As Robson grew, a formal school was built in 1914. The school had two classrooms, an activity room, office and a staff room. In 1964, Robson School registered a total of 224 […]

RENATA

A halftone dot pattern effect black and white image of Renata School, showing a simple, small building with a pitched roof and a prominent window, fenced off by a white picket fence, indicative of small-scale, community-focused educational facilities.

Renata was located on the west side of Lower Arrow Lake and originally named Dog Creek. The first school classes were held there in an old log house in 1908. The first permanent school was built in 1912 with volunteer labour. The lumber used was manufactured at the Harms’ sawmill. Desks were donated. The old […]

RASPBERRY

A grainy black and white photograph from 1934 of Raspberry School, portraying a two-story building raised on pillars with a series of steps leading up to the entrance, set against the backdrop of a forested hillside, typical of the rural school architecture of that time.

This school was located on the Brilliant flats above the highway. It was commonly called the Brilliant School. In the 1930s, the Doukhobors built this historic schoolhouse with bricks and lumber they produced themselves. More than 100 students of the Castlegar district received the foundations of their secondary schooling in this uniquely Russian styled the […]

PLEASANT (BRILLIANT SCHOOL NO. 3)

A stark black and white image of Brilliant No. 3 School, displaying a two-story brick building with a covered porch, characteristic of a robust, turn-of-the-century schoolhouse design, nestled within a pastoral setting.

The first Pleasant school was located near the site of the Doukhobor Discovery Centre in Ooteshenia. It was a one room school containing 38 desks with grades one to eight being taught. A teacher’s living quarters were attached. This building was destroyed by a bomb over Christmas in 1932 and the students were relocated to […]

PASS CREEK

Pass Creek School

The community of Pass Creek was created in 1912 when the Doukhobors bought land there for the planting of fruit trees. Shortly after settlement began, a school was constructed in North Pass Creek. In August, 1923, the school was lost and classes were transferred to an old building owned by the Christian Community of Universal […]

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