S-073 conventionDeclaration detailLevel http://ica-atom.org/doc/RS-2#5.4 Minimal Residential School IRSSA School Anglican Whitefish Lake Residential School conventionDeclaration St. Andrew's conventionDeclaration Atikameg conventionDeclaration St. Andrew's Indian Residential School conventionDeclaration Atikameg Mission School conventionDeclaration Whitefish Lake Anglican Residential School conventionDeclaration St. Andrew's Indian Boarding School conventionDeclaration St. Andrew's Mission Boarding School conventionDeclaration Whitefish Lake Indian Boarding School conventionDeclaration 1908-09-01 - 1950-06-30 Whitefish Lake, Alberta (St Andrew''s Mission)

Whitefish Lake Indian Residential School (IRS) was located within Treaty 8 territory on the northeastern shore of Little Whitefish Lake northwest of Edmonton. It operated from 1908 - 1950 (42 years).

Other names identifying the residential school include Whitefish Lake Anglican Residential School, St. Andrews Mission, Church of England school at Whitefish Lake, St. Andrew’s Indian Boarding School, St. Andrew’s Mission Boarding School, Whitefish Lake (C.E.) Boarding School, Whitefish Lake (St. Andrew’s Mission) Boarding School, Whitefish Lake Indian Boarding School, Whitefish Lake C.E. Indian Day School #769, and Sovereign Indian Day School #728 (no dates identified).

The Government of Canada was responsible for funding the school, which was managed and operated by the Anglican Church under Diocesan control up to 1923, after which it was under the control of the Missionary Society of the Anglican Church in Canada (M.S.C.C.). In 1949, the Indian School Administration of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada provided administration for the school.

In 1910, a Memorandum and Draft Agreement for the Church of England in Canada, including St. Andrews IRS [Whitefish Lake], was signed; the memorandum explains terms of the agreement, authorized pupilage, and amount of per capita grant per school. In 1911, a School Operating Agreement was signed. In 1922, an agreement between the Board of Management of Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada and the Authorities of the Diocese of Athabaska regarding responsibility for the funding was signed.

No information is available on what grades were taught.

No information regarding students from other reserves exists except the following statement, which states that in 1949, the vast majority of children attending the school were from the local village, and “only one child came from outside the village.”

Student enrolment statistics are not available before 1919. The student enrollment statistics from 1920 to 1950 (which include five missing years) indicate enrollment was never higher than 51 students, which occurred in 1940/41 and was never lower than 29, which happened in 1923/24.

There is mention of a day school, but there are no day-school student enrolment statistics available.

Alberta
WFL Whitefish Lake (St. Andrew's) IRS (AB) Whitefish Lake Residential School Narrative Quarterly Returns Quarterly Returns General Administration 1895-01-01 1936-12-31

1895-1936

General Administration 1895-01-01 1936-12-31

1895-1936

General Administration 1895-01-01 1936-12-31

1895-1936

General Administration 1895-01-01 1936-12-31

1895-1936

Buildings, Supplies, and Accounts 1924-01-01 1952-12-31

1924-1952

Buildings, Supplies, and Accounts 1924-01-01 1952-12-31

1924-1952

Buildings, Supplies, and Accounts 1924-01-01 1952-12-31

1924-1952

General Administration 1906-01-01 1951-12-31

1906-1951

General Administration 1906-01-01 1951-12-31

1906-1951

General Administration 1906-01-01 1951-12-31

1906-1951

General Administration 1906-01-01 1951-12-31

1906-1951

General Administration 1906-01-01 1951-12-31

1906-1951

General Administration 1906-01-01 1951-12-31

1906-1951

Livestock 1930-01-01 1949-12-31

1930-1949

Livestock 1930-01-01 1949-12-31

1930-1949

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1922-01-01 1936-12-31

1922-1936

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1922-01-01 1936-12-31

1922-1936

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1922-01-01 1936-12-31

1922-1936

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1922-1936

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1922-1936

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1922-1936

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1922-1936

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1922-01-01 1936-12-31

1922-1936

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1922-1936

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1922-01-01 1936-12-31

1922-1936

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1922-01-01 1936-12-31

1922-1936

School Land 1939-01-01 1939-12-31

1939

School Land 1939-01-01 1939-12-31

1939

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1937-01-01 1943-12-31

1937-1943

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1937-01-01 1943-12-31

1937-1943

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1937-01-01 1943-12-31

1937-1943

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1937-01-01 1943-12-31

1937-1943

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1937-01-01 1943-12-31

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Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1937-01-01 1943-12-31

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Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1937-01-01 1943-12-31

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Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1937-01-01 1943-12-31

1937-1943

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1937-01-01 1943-12-31

1937-1943

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1937-01-01 1943-12-31

1937-1943

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1943-01-01 1949-12-31

1943-1949

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1943-01-01 1949-12-31

1943-1949

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1943-01-01 1949-12-31

1943-1949

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1943-01-01 1949-12-31

1943-1949

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1943-01-01 1949-12-31

1943-1949

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1943-01-01 1949-12-31

1943-1949

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1943-01-01 1949-12-31

1943-1949

General Administration 1950-01-01 1950-12-31

1950

General Administration 1950-01-01 1950-12-31

1950

General Administration 1950-01-01 1950-12-31

1950

General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

1894-1930

General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

1894-1930

General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

1894-1930

General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

1894-1930

General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

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General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

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General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

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General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

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General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

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General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

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General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

1894-1930

General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

1894-1930

General Administration 1894-01-01 1930-12-31

1894-1930

Teachers' Salaries 1931-01-01 1945-12-31

1931-1945

Teachers' Salaries 1931-01-01 1945-12-31

1931-1945

Teachers' Salaries 1931-01-01 1945-12-31

1931-1945

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

1893-1919

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

1893-1919

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

1893-1919

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

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Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

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Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

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Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

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Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

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Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

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Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

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Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

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Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1893-01-01 1919-12-31

1893-1919

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1920-01-01 1932-12-31

1920-1932

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1920-01-01 1932-12-31

1920-1932

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1920-01-01 1932-12-31

1920-1932

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1920-01-01 1932-12-31

1920-1932

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1920-01-01 1932-12-31

1920-1932

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1920-01-01 1932-12-31

1920-1932

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1920-01-01 1932-12-31

1920-1932

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1920-01-01 1932-12-31

1920-1932

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1920-01-01 1932-12-31

1920-1932

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1920-01-01 1932-12-31

1920-1932

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1941-01-01 1948-12-31

1941-1948

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1941-01-01 1948-12-31

1941-1948

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1941-01-01 1948-12-31

1941-1948

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1941-01-01 1948-12-31

1941-1948

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1941-01-01 1948-12-31

1941-1948

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1887-01-01 1923-12-31

1887-1923

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1887-01-01 1923-12-31

1887-1923

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1887-01-01 1923-12-31

1887-1923

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1887-01-01 1923-12-31

1887-1923

General Administration 1896-01-01 1905-12-31

1896-1905

General Administration 1896-01-01 1905-12-31

1896-1905

General Administration 1896-01-01 1905-12-31

1896-1905

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1895-01-01 1933-12-31

1895-1933

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1895-01-01 1933-12-31

1895-1933

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1895-01-01 1933-12-31

1895-1933

General Administration 1885-01-01 1946-12-31

1885-1946

General Administration 1885-01-01 1946-12-31

1885-1946

General Administration 1885-01-01 1946-12-31

1885-1946

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1872-01-01 1959-12-31

1872-1959

Building Maintenance, Supplies, and Accounts 1897-01-01 1920-12-31

1897-1920

St. Andrew's Church in Atikameg, AB 1953-01-01 1953-12-31

1953

Part of the Easter congregation St. Andrew's Church in Atikameg, AB. Ivy Helps is wearing a light coloured coat, in the front row. 1953-01-01 1953-12-31

1953

Potato Patch 1800-01-01 2015-12-31

Unknown date

Children of St. Peter's 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Whitefish Lake School 1800-01-01 2015-12-31

Unknown date

Teepee 1800-01-01 2015-12-31

Unknown date

Whitefish Lake School 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

School Children Gathered Around a Sleigh 1922-03-23 1922-03-23

1922-03-23

St. Andrew's Mission Building 1922-01-01 1922-12-31

1922

Treaty Day at Whitefish Lake 1919-01-01 1919-12-31

1919

School Children Gathered Around a Sleigh 1922-03-23 1922-03-23

1922-03-23

Mrs. Schofield 1922-01-01 1922-12-31

1922

Girls Piling up Firewood 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

St. Andrew's School Girls and Mrs. Ethel Schofield 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

A Woman and Three School Girls by the Shore 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Lunchtime Outdoors 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

A Woman and Her Dog 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Ethel Schofield and School Children Taking a Break from Outdoor Chores 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Mrs. White, Mrs. Schofield and Rev. C.D. White, Principal by the Shore 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Rev. C.D. White and his Wife 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Some Staff and Students of St. Andrew's 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

The Hudson's Bay Company 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Young School Children in the Bush 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Whitefish Lake Indian Settlement 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Mrs. Ethel Schofield 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Sitting on the Beach 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

School Children Playing Outside 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Young School Girl 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

St. Andrew's Students 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Boys Feeding the Cattle 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Mrs. Schofield at St. Andrew's Mission, Whitefish Lake 1917-01-01 1922-12-31

1917-1922

Ethel Schofield, matron-teacher 1800-01-01 2015-12-31

Unknown date

Students outside of St. Andrew's Indian Residential School buildings, Whitefish Lake, AB 1800-01-01 2015-12-31

Unknown date

St. Andrew's School, White Fish Lake, Alta. 1930-01-01 1939-12-31

1930s

White Fish Lake School - some of the staff and children 1937-02-01 1937-02-28

February 1937

Whitefish Lake Indian School and St. Andrew's Mission 1935-01-01 1935-12-31

1935

St. Andrew's Mission, Whitefish Lake, Alta. 1930-01-01 1939-12-31

1930s

The Church, Whitefish Lake, Alta. 1930-01-01 1939-12-31

1930s

Whitefish Lake School, St. Andrew's 1940-01-01 1949-12-31

1940s

Whitefish Lake School, St. Andrew's 1940-01-01 1949-12-31

1940s

Whitefish Lake School, St. Andrew's, Alta. 1940-01-01 1949-12-31

1940s

Whitefish Lake School, St. Andrew's, Atla. 1940-01-01 1949-12-31

1940s

Whitefish Lake School, St. Andrew's, Atla. 1940-01-01 1949-12-31

1940s

Jennie Wright at Whitefish 1943-01-01 1950-12-31

1943-1950

Blackfoot encampment from a distance 1930-01-01 1939-12-31

1930s

A visit from the A.N.C. to the St. Peter's Lesser Slave Lake School, Diocese of Athabasca 1929-08-30 1929-08-30

1929-08-30

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - unidentified clergyman standing in snow 1930-01-01 1939-12-31

1930s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - children playing outdoors 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - unidentified woman standing in front of house 1930-01-01 1939-12-31

1930s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - people entering church 1930-01-01 1939-12-31

1930s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - children playing in snowy field 1930-01-01 1939-12-31

1930s

St. Andrew's Church, Whitefish Lake, Alberta - congregation standing near entrance 1930-01-01 1939-12-31

1930s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - children standing outside church 1930-01-01 1939-12-31

1930s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - group on horse drawn sleigh 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - staff and students 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - school girls 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - staff and students 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - school children 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - Children standing near shore of lake with arrangement of stones and mugs placed on the ground before them (possible biblical reenactment). 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - teacher and students during open air class 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - two men in horse drawn sleigh 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - two unidentified men 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - two unidentified men and woman 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - four unidentified men 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - group of natives standing in front of sleigh 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - Feeding the cattle 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - man building log cabin 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - woman with baby 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - log cabin 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - log cabin 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - Group gathered in front of barn 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - picking peas 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - Miss Mellor 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - Mrs. White and Miss Mellor 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - Miss Mellor and children beside lake 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

The Mission House - St. Andrew's Whitefish Lake, Grouard, Alberta 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - Rev. C.D. White 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Rev. C.D. White returning from the Hay Ground - St. Andrew's Mission, Whitefish Lake, Grouard P.O., Alberta 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Mission buildings - St. Andrew's Whitefish Lake, Grouard, Alberta 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Unfurling our Flag - St. Andrew's Mission Whitefish Lake, Grouard, Alberta 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

The Church - St. Andrew's Mission Whitefish Lake, Grouard, Alberta 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School - St. Andrew's Mission, Grouard, Alberta 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Our big girls out for a winter tramp - St. Andrew's Mission Whitefish Lake, Grouard, Alberta 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - two school boys 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - Man and children beside lake 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Tepee on the shores of Whitefish Lake, Grouard P.O., Alberta 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

May 24th Picnic - St. Andrew's Mission Whitefish Lake, Grouard P.O., Alberta 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Rev. C.D. White, Principal - Whitefish Lake School, Alberta 1923-01-01 1923-12-31

1923

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - children and cattle on beach 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - Miss Pankhurst, Miss Mellor, Rev. C.D. White (Principal), Mrs. White and Mr. Stone 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - Woman with two large dogs 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - Miss Mellor standing beside lake 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - Loading sleigh 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake?, Alberta - unidentified building 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake?, Alberta - unidentified man outside the Government telegraph office.. 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - two unidentified women 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - two unidentified women 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - two unidentified women 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - unidentified school girls 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - Dr. Westgate and two unidentified men 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - three children with unidentified man 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake School, Alberta - men sawing wood 1920-01-01 1929-12-31

1920s

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - unidentified clergy with homesteaders 1932-01-01 1932-12-31

1932

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - unidentified clergy with homesteaders 1932-01-01 1932-12-31

1932

Whitefish Lake, Alberta - view of school buildings from lake, including barn, hall, Principal's residence, church, day school and main school 1930-01-01 1939-12-31

1930s

St. Andrew's Indian Residential School 1925-11-01 1925-11-30

November 1925

St. Andrew's Mission House 1925-11-01 1925-11-30

November 1925

Trip to St. Andrew's Mission-Horse and Sleigh 1925-11-01 1925-11-30

November 1925

Trip to St. Andrew's Mission-An Unidentifed Man 1925-11-01 1925-11-30

November 1925

Trip to St. Andrew's Mission-An Unidentifed Man 1925-11-01 1925-11-30

November 1925

Trip to St. Andrew's Mission-The Church 1925-11-01 1925-11-30

November 1925

Atikameg I.R.S., Alberta (White Fish Lake) 1941-01-01 1941-12-31

1941

Our J.A. quilt and some of the members 1942-01-01 1942-12-31

1942

Senior boys and farm instructor bringing in water - dipped from the lake. 1942-01-01 1942-12-31

1942

Mr. Fraser - farm instructor and the senior boys bringing in the daily supply of wood needed for cooking and heating. 1942-01-01 1942-12-31

1942

The school house and the residence which housed 40 children and 4 staff 1942-01-01 1942-12-31

1942

On the 40 mile horse and wagon trip from the mission at Atikameg to the railway at Grouard, Alberta 1943-01-01 1943-12-31

1943

St. Andrew's Anglican Church Cemetery, Whitefish Lake 2008-08-08 2008-08-08

2008-08-08

Ruins of St. Andrew's Church, Whitefish Lake 2008-08-08 2008-08-08

2008-08-08

St. Andrew's Anglican Church Cemetery, Whitefish Lake 2008-08-08 2008-08-08

2008-08-08

St. Andrew's Anglican Church cemetery and ruins of church building. 2008-08-08 2008-08-08

2008-08-08

Site of St. Andrew's Indian Residential School, Whitefish Lake 2008-08-08 2008-08-08

2008-08-08

St. Andrew's Anglican Church Cemetery, Whitefish Lake 2008-08-08 2008-08-08

2008-08-08

Whitefish Lake Residential School Bilingual One Page History 2010-01-01 2015-12-31

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