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be overrun by stray cattle. Matheson had good reason for wishing to see the cemetery maintained: several of his family members were buried there. These concerns proved prophetic, since the location of this cemetery is not recorded in the available historical documentation, and neither does it appear in an internet search of
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The
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The school had less than 30 students when it first opened. They were taught trades related to agriculture, carpentry, and blacksmithing. Academic courses were reading, writing, and
English. The school grew to over 100 students by the early 1900s. A girl's wing was added to the school. Students
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A cairn erected at the
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House of
Studies and the St. Charles Scholasticate (seminary) which closed in 1972. The Oblates left the building in 1984. Old Government House was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1973. The building was destroyed by fire in 2003.
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was submitted to Ottawa on March 14, 1879, and made the case for a cooperative approach between the
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of 1885, and the building was used for a time as barracks by the military. Indigenous people damaged the interior of the school in the
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