Nearby Place names

Village of Dysart is located on the East 1/2 section 9- township 23-range 15 West of the 2nd meridian.
Latitude - Longitude (DMS) 50? 56' 34" N, 104? 2' 13" W

Arbury 27-25-17-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 29 kilometers away
Avonhurst 26-19-16-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 35 kilometers away
B-Say-Tah 23-21-14-W2 is a nearby Village 23 kilometers away
Cupar 8-23-16-W2 is a nearby Town 12 kilometers away
Cupar No. 218 is a nearby Rural Municipality
Edenwold 26-19-17-W2 is a nearby Village 38 kilometers away
Edgeley 27-19-15-W2 is a nearby Hamlet 34 kilometers away
Enid 18-25-14-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 22 kilometers away
Fort Qu'Appelle 7-21-13-W2 is a nearby Town 26 kilometers away
Fort San 18,24,26-21-13,14-W2 is a nearby Village 22 kilometers away
Fox Hills 14-24-16-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 14 kilometers away
Herzel 30-23-12-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 26 kilometers away
Katepwa Beach 9-20-12-W2 is a nearby Village 39 kilometers away
Kellross No. 247 is a nearby Rural Municipality 39 kilometers away
Lake View Beach 8-20-12-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 38 kilometers away
Lebret 2-21-13-W2 is a nearby Village 32 kilometers away
Lipton 26-22-14-W2 is a nearby Village 14 kilometers away
Lipton No. 217 is a nearby Rural Municipality
Magyar 2-26-16-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 28 kilometers away
Markinch 7-23-17-W2 is a nearby Village 23 kilometers away
McDonald Hills 5-25-15-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 18 kilometers away
Muscow 32-20-14-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 23 kilometers away
North Qu'Appelle No. 187 is a nearby Rural Municipality
Pasqua Lake 21-14,15-2 is a nearby Hamlet 18 kilometers away
Patrick 11-22-13-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 25 kilometers away
Sandy Beach 17-20-12-W2 is a nearby Village 36 kilometers away
South Touchwood 13-25-16-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 22 kilometers away
Southey 7-23-18-W2 is a nearby Town 33 kilometers away
Taylor Beach 8-20-12-W2 is a nearby Hamlet 39 kilometers away
Touchwood No. 248 is a nearby Rural Municipality 39 kilometers away
Zala 20-25-16-W2 is a nearby Unincorporated area 28 kilometers away
Rural Municipality of Lipton #217

For more information:
Dysart and District Museum is housed in the historic brick school in Dysart, Saskatchewan.

Dysart Historical Society
Qu'Appelle Ave, Dysart, SK S0G 1H0
306-432-2255

1st and 2nd editions of the Dysart History books for sale at Dysart Museum

Dysart and District Winning the Prairie Gamble. Family History Album.

Dysart and District Museum Tourism Saskatchewan Canada

Dysart School Canadian Heritage Site. Canada's Historic Places.

Cupar and District Heritage Museum One Room Schoolhouses

Granatier SD 1497

St. Imre SD 1233

Dysart and District museum school photos


1917 Scarborough's New Map of Saskatchewan
showing Judicial Districts, Land Registration Districts, Municipalities, Townships and Sections,
Cities (with populations), Villages (populations), Post Offices and Stations, Railway lines with Distances between Stations. Submission by Dysart and District Museum

• John Axenty Teaching, Class photograph
• Family photograph
• School photograph, students and parents, union jack flag, flags, dresses and suits, special occasion

Training School for Teachers in Foreign Speaking Communities

From Dysart and District Yesterday and Today. Radant, Sambor, Kronsberg, Canterbury, Westlea, Gardiner, Parkland, McDonald Hills. (first edition) Dysart and District Historical Society. October 1982. Derksen Printers, Steinbach, Manitoba, ROZ 2A0.

• CANTERBURY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 3345 held their first board meeting in June of 1914. On August 1, 1914, Mr. Frank Matthew was hired on for the first teacher, and Miss Barns, followed by Miss Olive Newth finished the school year. CANTERBURY located at SW section 17 township 23 range 14 west of the second meridian. The school closed June of 1960.


• DYSART SCHOOL DISTRICT 1449 one room school erected December 5, 1905 on land of Mr. Archie. Gibson. Archie Gibson Homestead SW section 24 township 22 range 16 west of the second meridian. In 1917, a two room brick school house was erected on the site of the present elementary school of Dysart. In 1946, the Dysart School became a part of the Cupar School Unit (now the Cupar School Division). A new school was needed by 1960. As the rural schools closed they were subsequently conveyed to Dysart. The village of Dysart locates at NE section 9 township 23 range 15 west of the second meridian.


• GARDINER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 3428 homesteaders met in the spring of 1914 to petition the Department of Education for a school. There was a lack between MCDONALD HILLS and DYSART school. Residents were desirous that the name be KALUZIK, as the land was being donated by the farmer, Kaluzik, but the Department of Education claimed they did not have a policy to use a resident's name. The Department of Education went with the second name of the list, GARDINER after the member of parliament. A different location at Sourth west section 4 township 24 range 15 west of the second meridian was allocated after this. The school opened in March of 1915 under John Axenty. Later, in 1920 Sam Axenty Tom's brother, began teaching, after having served at FOX HILLS. A two acre school yard was just west of the first school site. GARDINER closed in 1960, and pupils conveyed to Dysart. Gardiner community club purchased both land and buildings, which was the school house purpose until 1981 when it became a grainery.
  
• KRONSBERG ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 48 was a log school initially erected (1898) on the south east quarter of scetion 34 township 21 range 15 west of the second meridian. The name of this school was KRONSBERG ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 48 OF THE NORTH WEST TERRITORIES. This log house was sold, and used as firewood. A brick school house was later built on the north east quarter of section 27 township 21 range 15 west of the second meridian. The name changed to KRONSBERG SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4922 in May of 1931. The brick school burned down in January of 1955, and the bell donated to The Lady of Sorrow Romand Catholic Church in Fort Qu'Appelle school. A settlement of Kronsberg was established at NE section 10 township 22 range 15 west of the second meridian, and the school was south of this. Classes continued in the teacherage until a new school was built that year. KRONSBERG closed June of 1964.


• MCDONALD HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1646 OF THE NORTH WEST TERRITORIES pioneers sent in their peition July 1906 for forming a school district. The school house went up on the south east corner of the north east quarter of section 33 township 24 range 15 west of the second meridian. In 1915 the name changed to MCDONALD HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1646 OF SASKATCHEWAN according to the school stamp used. In 1946, the school was assumed by the Cupar school Unit, and in 1947 a new school was built for the MCDONALD HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT, which was used until 1960. The school house was sold and renovated into a home.


• PARKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 268 OF THE NORTH WEST TERRITORIES. residents held their inaurual meeting January 1893. The school site and one room school house were ready by March 18, 1893. This was a log school house on the north east of section 20 townhsip 22 range 14 west of the second meridian east of Jumping Deer Creek. Mr. Ball was the first teacher, the one and the same Mr. Ball who later became the Saskatchewan Deuputy Minister of Education. A new school was built on the north east quarter of section 24 townhsip 22 range 15 west of the second, and this new school retained the same name until 1960. This school was within the boundaries of the Balcarres inspectorate. In June of 1960 following school closure, students were bussed into Dysart. The school house was sold, and used for lumber. The school yard became farm land.


• RADANT SCHOOL DISTRICT 3474 met in January of 1915. A school house was built on NW section 17 township 22, range 15 west of the second meridian and opened June 1, 1915 under Miss Edith England. A new modern school went up in 1950. In 1960, students went to town schools.


• SAMBOR SCHOOL DISTRICT pioneers north east of Dysart organized in 1914. In 1960 SAMBOR closed its doors, and pupils were bussed into town.


• WESTLEA SCHOOL DISTRICT 4356 pioneers and children lived a great distance from HEADLANDS schoold. The ratepayers met in February 1918, and a petition was sent of in January of 1920. MCDONALD HILLS and HEADLANDS, the two neighbouring school districts did not wish to give up territory for the new school. In August of 1920, the new school district received the OK to commence. In May of 1921, Miss Whiteford began classes in a school on north east section 25 township 24 range 15 west of the second meridian. The Cupar School Unit took over the school in 1960, and this was the same year WESTLEA closed.

From the local history / family biography book entitled: Dysart and District Yesterday and Today Second Edition. Compiled and published by Dysart History Book Committee. Printed by Friesen's Corporation. History Book Division. Altona, Manitoba. 2010. ISBN 978-1-55383-268-3

• CANTERBURY SCHOOL District 3345 held their first school meeting in the early summer of 1914. Mr. Frank Matthew became the first teacher at the school which is shown on them map in the south west corner of the south west quarter of section 17. CANTERBURY closed after the 1960 school term ended.
• DYSART SCHOOL DISTRICT 1449 was built on December 5, 1905 on the north east corner of the north east quarter of section 9 township 23 range 15.west of the second meridian according to the map. In 1917 a new two room school was built where the Dysart elementary school is located, the school had additions built on in 1927 and 1928. In 1960, a new school went up on the west side of Dysart for future use in education. In 1983 the original brick school house was converted into a museum.
• GARDINER SCHOOL DISTRICT 3428 came together in 1914 to establish their school district. The school opened in the spring of 1915 under John Axenty straddling the south west corner of the south west quarter of section 4 and the south east corner of the south east quarter of section 5 township [not given on map] range 15. Classes finished in 1960 at the one room school house. In 1962, the school land and school house were sold.
• KRONSBERG ROMAN CATHOLIC PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 48 erected their first school house on the south east quarter of section 34 township 21 range 15 west of the second meridian. This log school house was erected in the summer of 1898 before Saskatchewan became a province, and the school was part of the North West Territories. This first school was a log building, which was replaced by a brick school on the north east quarter of section 27 township 21 range 15 west of the second meridian. It was in 1931, when the school name changed to KRONSBERG SCHOOL DISTRICT 4922. The log school was sold, and the brick school burned down in January of 1955. A new school was constructed and used until the end of the school term in 1964.
• MCDONALD HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 1646 sent in their school petition in the summer of 1906. The school house was erected that autumn on the sout heast corner of the north east quarter of section 33 township 24 range 15 west of the second meridian. The first teacher on record was Maud Taylor in 1908. In 1947 the one room school house building was sold, and a new school erected which was used until the end of the school year in June of 1960.
• PARKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 268 residents held their first meeting in January of 1893. PARKLAND school was a log school building on the north eastern quarter of section 20 township 22 range 14 west of the second meridian, and Mr. Ball was the first teacher. A new school was needed, and it was on a new site across the creek from the first school yard, the new site set at north east quarter of section 24 township 22 range 15 west of the second meridian. PARKLAND closed June 1960.
• RADANT SCHOOL DISTRICT 3474 organised in January of 1915, building a school house on the north west quarter of section 17 township 22. Miss Edith England began teaching June 1, 1915. This school served until 1950, when a new school was erected which remained open until 1960 when RADANT School closed. The school house was sold.
• SAMBOR SCHOOL DISTRICT came together to organize in 1914.The school remained open until 1960 about seven and a half miles north of Dysart. The map shows the location as the south west corner of the south west quarter section 1 township [not given] range 15. The biographical stories of the ratepayers mentioned on the map mention homesteading township 23. The school district listing at Regina Provincial Archives records township 24. As the local history book mentions that Dysart is to the south, this would make the school house location at township 24 to be north of Dysart (East 1/2 section 9- township 23-range 15 West of the 2nd meridian)
• WESTLEA SCHOOL DISTRICT 4356 residents held their first meeting in February of 1918. The school site chosen was the north east quarter of section 33 township 24 range 14 west of the second meridian. Classes began in the spring of 1919. Before this time students had attended HEADLANDS school, some children living four to six miles away. School trustees met with councillors from the Kelross Rm No. 217 until it changed names to the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217 in 1920. The school house was opened in the spring of 1921 under Miss Whiteford following negotiations with the surrounding districts, MCDONALD HILLS and HEADLANDS. The final school year was 1960.

School Map used with permission