The Alberta Teachers’ Association

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

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.

Tell us what you know about the buildings (school names, current uses, original locations, if they have been moved, and their history).

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).

Lake Geneva School Located 22 kilometres north of Mannville. The school was built in 1911 and the teacherage in 1916. — Photo courtesy of W.D. Calder

Bowling Green School Located about 10 kilometres north of Minburn. The school was established in 1912 and used as a community hall after the school closed. — Photo courtesy of Nick Seniuk

Deville-North Cooking Lake School Located north of Wye Road and east of Range Road 205, east of Sherwood Park. Relocated to west of Range Road 210 and still visible from Wye Road—now used for storage. — Photo courtesy of Alger J.C. Libby