Click the play button to hear the English and Halq’emeylem pronunciation of the title of this tab
Click the Image below to View the Chapel in 360 Degrees
Click the Image below to View the Main Hallway
Click the Image below to View the Hallways in 360 Degrees
Click the Image below to View the Boys Dormitory in 360 degrees
Click the Image below to View the Gymnasium in 360 Degrees
Click the Image below to View a Classroom in 360 Degrees
Click the Image below to View the Academic Hallway in 360 Degrees
Click the Image below to View the Boys Restroom in 360 Degrees
Click the Image below to View the East Exterior in 360 Degrees
Click the Image below to View the Stairwell joining the academic wing and gymnasium in 360 Degrees
- The original site of St. Mary’s Residential School was moved from the river’s edge when the railroad passed through the area.
- The video directly below explores the second site, built in the late 1880’s.
- (Please note that the narration of this video uses the outdated terminology of the 1880’s when referring to the local Indigenous population)
- The video below takes you on a tour of the third site of the school, (East of Second site).
- This was constructed by the Federal Government in the mid 1960’s.
- This site closed in 1985.
- Narration by Stephen Harper. (Critical Thinking Exercise: critically analyze the full apology and the actions taken by the Federal Government after this apology in 2008)