Moose Range School District # 3039

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Moose Range School 1951

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The original School District of Portsmouth No. 3039 was organized May 13, 1913. The school was built on the northeast corner of NW33-48-12-W2. School classes began on Monday, June 6th, 1914. Eighteen children were enrolled the first year with Rebecca Valleau as the first teacher. Mrs. Valleau, at the age of 66, had been a pioneer teacher in Ontario for 35 years before coming west with her husband, William Valleau, Sr.

In December of 1917 the school name was changed to Moose Range after the mighty moose which roamed the area. The school building also served as a place of worship and as a community centre for social activities.


Thirty One teachers taught in the school from 1914 until it closed in 1961. The children were then bussed to Arborfield # 4864. The school was sold and moved away.

The Teachers:
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Rebecca Valleau

1914-16

Emily Britton


Jean Stevenson


Florence Reid


Alex McPhail


Violet Close


Ethel Fenwick


Vern Nelson


Howard Bigelow


Elva Clearwater

1924

Jack Armstrong

1925

Miss Parker

1926

Harold Black

1927

Alfretta Schell

1928

Bernice Mark

1929-30

Esther Gunneson

1931

Jean Cox

1931

Ronald Smith

1932

Miss Babcock

1933

Nettie Fairbairn

1934-35

Amy Elliot

1936

Miss Arneson

1937

Orville Richardson

1937-39

Ann Gray

1940-42

Ferelie Bowes

1943-45

Margaret McDonell

1945

Robert Potter

1946

Mrs. Holmes

1947

Lois Pridham

1948-51

Hervelene McShannock

1953-55

Ann Gray

1956-58

Eleanor Alyea

1959-61

Data missing for 1952-53

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