The school was made of stone, was three stories high (not counting the basement), and was designed to accommodate fifty students. The new boarding school was located within the town limits of Birtle along the Bird-Tail River. Prior to that date, there had been a school allocated within the Birtle district for the Bird-Tail Sioux within Treaty 4. Part Of RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection Description Level Collection Accession Number 10-1997 GMD textual records Date Range 1888-1898 Physical Description 2 cm (one volume) History / Biographical The Birtle Indian Residential School was opened by the Presbyterian Mission on December 3, 1888. Subject Access residences building exteriors residential streets Storage Location Hughes oversize drawer The road in front of the houses appears to be unpaved, while the curbs and sidewalks and appear to be concrete. Saplings and grass have been planted on the boulevard in front of the properties. The properties are surrounded by a low chain-link/chicken wire-like fence with wooden posts. The property on the right has curtains hanging in the porch, the other property has a striped blanket to block the sun. Both homes are three-stories, with wrap-around porches with a glassed-in sunroom and two gables with wooden sunburst ornamentation.
Hughes collection Description Level Item Series Number 3-1997.1 Item Number 3-1997.1.81 Accession Number 3-1997 Other Numbers Hughes #79 GMD graphic Date Range Physical Description 9.5" x 7.25" (b/w) Material Details on matting Physical Condition Photograph and matting are stained Scope and Content Photograph shows a two identical wood-framed homes.