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Chapleau (St. John’s)

 -  1907 -1948

Religious Entity: Anglican

The Chapleau residential school operated from 1907 to 1919 north of the town of Chapleau, ON. In 1920, a new school opened at a site south of Chapleau. In 1908, an Indian Affairs inspector said that seven of thirty-one children at the school had died in a three-month period, and parents temporarily stopped sending their children to the school. Thirteen years later, parents hired a lawyer stating that students were being cruelly treated. The school was damaged by a fire in 1944, and three years later a second fire caused further damage. The school closed in 1948.

Children standing with books outside of Chapleau St. John's school

Remembering the Following Students:

NameDate of Death (Year/Month/Day)
Alfred Iserhoff1924-07-14
Alice Tangie1944-04-10
Allan Chappise1921-11-16
Antoine Jackpine1920-02-15
Beatrice Egodgin1923-09-08
Charles Cheese1931-01-01
Charlotte Tangie1948-06-08
Dorothy Tangie1947-02-25
Emily Redbreast1923-04-23
Emma Budding1923-07-16
Esther Tangie1921-05-15
Frances (Francis) Cheabies1915-01-12
Frances Pigeonca. 1907-05-01 – 1907-08-31
George Patrick Samakeese1920-05-09
Harriet Pekodayca. 1908-01-01
Harriett Ottereyesca. 1944-02-01
Harry Bains1922-05-02
James Redbreast1923-02-03
Jessie Egodgin1924-09-10
Kate Blackice1915-05-01
Lizzie Mongoose1925-12-18
Margaret Indushozozogeegish1920-04-30
Mary Anne Agathe1925-07-07
Mary Quackegesick1931-11-03
Moroni Quakegesick1927-04-27
Nancy Blackice1915-03-15
Philip Redbreast1923-12-15
Robert Chahebugiscounit1922-05-29
Rose Ada Davis1918-11-07
Samuel Chapkebregumb1922-06-26
Silas Redbreast1924-08-23
Willie Blackice1920-03-19
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