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- February 1949 (Creation)
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Holy Angels Indian Residential School (IRS) was located in northeast Alberta on the western shore of Lake Athabasca on the outskirts west of Fort Chipewyan. The residential school operated from 1900 - 1974 (74 years) under Roman Catholic administration.
The Holy Angels school was founded in 1874 at Fort Chipewyan, in what is now Alberta.
The school moved to a new school building in 1881, which was enlarged in 1898, 1904, and 1907.
A new school opened in 1944, and in the 1950s, a day school operated out of the residential school.
Many of the students at the school were Métis or non-Aboriginal.
From the 1950s onward, Holy Angels increasingly became a child welfare institution.
The school closed in 1974.
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- English
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- Latin
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Images were originally provided by Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa. Refer to Reel C-8710; Image Frame Range C-8710-01513 - C-8710-01514.