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Settlers began arriving in southeast Saskatchewan in 1882. The first school south of the Moose Mountains was built in 1887, about a mile north of where Arcola later came to be. It was built on land donated by Willard Scarrow and was named “Clair.”
“The settlers took logs out and built the school gratis. The Northwest Government supplied money to buy lumber for windows, doors and floors. They also supplied maps and a blackboard.”
Trace the history of southeast Saskatchewan’s education through pictures and the real life accounts of teachers and students. Some of these teachers taught in a one-room country school while others teach in our modern education system. This exhibit holds over 100 years of education.
