Brandon, Manitoba — Canada’s Prairie Region (North America)
Prairie College
1880- 1883
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, July 19, 2022
1. Prairie College Marker
This cairn is faced with stone from the walls of Prairie College, the forerunner to Brandon College and Brandon University. It was constructed in 1999, Brandon University's Centennial Year. Prairie College was the first post-secondary educational institution on the Canadian Prairies west of the original Manitoba border of 1870. It was established in 1880 just north of the Village of Rapid City to train Baptist ministers for service on the western agricultural frontier and to provide general literacy instruction to the rapidly growing population of the area. Prairie College owed its provenance to the inspiration and vision of Reverend John Crawford, formerly a member of the Theology Department at the Canadian Literacy Institute in Woodstock, Ontario. Crawford was assisted in this very personal venture by Reverend G.B. Davis. A graduate of the Canadian Literacy Institute. The creation of Prairie College was an initiative taken with the unofficial endorsement and support of the Baptist Union of Ontario and Quebec. The same Baptist idealism and educational traditions that shaped the brief life of Prairie College in the early 1800's
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Erected 1999 by Manitoba Heritage Council.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 49° 50.725′ N, 99° 57.76′ W. Marker is in Brandon, Manitoba. Marker is at the intersection of 18th Street (National Highway 10) and Lorne Avenue, on the left when traveling south on 18th Street. Marker is in front of Clark Hall, of Brandon University. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 270 18th Street, Brandon MB R7A 6A9, Canada. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 13 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Brandon College (here, next to this marker); Daly House (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Thomas Mayne Daly (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Coronation Park (approx. half a kilometer away); Sir Clifford Sifton (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Central Fire Station #1 (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Kemnay Pioneer Memorial (approx. 12.2 kilometers away).
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, July 19, 2022
2. Prairie College Marker
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, July 19, 2022
3. Prairie College Marker
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, July 19, 2022
4. Prairie College Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2022, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 57 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 24, 2022, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
