Tourism & Recreation

Wicklow School

Date Cairn Erected: August 3, 1995

Legal Description: SE 22-26-24

Inscription:
Wicklow S.D. No. 2007
1920-1967

Located on 22-26-24, the school served the children of settlers engaged in mixed farming, wood cutting and logging, as well as providing a place for local meetings, church services, Sunday school, picnics, suppers, and concerts. The first teacher was May Breusten: the first trustees were C.B. McLean, W.B. Crossley and R. Kindrick, the longest serving teacher was Florence Harkness, who taught from 1923 to 1934 and from 1963 to 1967. When the school closed due to consolidation. We dedicate this plaque to the pioneers, teachers, students and all who passed through the doors of Wicklow school.

August 3, 1995.