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- 1948-1950 (Creation)
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St. Mary’s (Mission) Indian Residential School (IRS) was located at Mission in the Fraser Valley north of Abbotsford and east of Vancouver. The IRS operated from 1867 - 1984 (117 years).
Missionaries opened a boarding school at the St. Mary Mission in the Fraser Valley in 1863. The school was relocated in 1882, and a new school was built in 1933.
In its early years, the school made little use of corporal punishment, but this policy was dropped as the school was increasingly integrated into the federal residential school system.
The school closed in 1984.
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Copyright is held by the Crown. All permissions must be obtained through Library and Archives Canada.
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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-8788; Image Frame Range C-8788-00287 - C-8788-00295.
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New Westminster Agency