Kirkland Lake in Timiskaming District, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Central Public School

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 3, 2022

1. Central Public School Marker

Inscription.
The Public School in Kirkland Lake began with a meeting in October 1916 of local ratepayers. At that meeting the local School Board was authorized to borrow funds to erect and equip a school house. In 1924 a second school building was built to accommodate the growing number of students while the original school house was used as the High school.

1964 saw the opening of the new Central Public School on the Townsite Mine site located South East of the original school buildings.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.

Location. 48° 9.089′ N, 80° 1.924′ W. Marker is in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, in Timiskaming District. It is on Government Road East (Trans-Canada Highway) (Provincial Highway 66) 0.1 kilometers east of Duncan Avenue South, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11 Government Road East, Kirkland Lake ON P2N 1A4, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northeastern Ontario

and specifically in Northern Ontario.

It is also in Central

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Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Kirkland Lake Municipal Office (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Battery Tramming Motor / Moteurs à batteries pour transport sur rails (approx. one kilometer away); End Dump Cars / Waginnettes de déchargements (approx. one kilometer away); Kirkland Lake Centennial Monument (approx. one kilometer away); Steam Powered Winch / Treuil à vapeur (approx. one kilometer away); Fire Hose Wagon / Wagon à tuyau d'incendie (approx. one kilometer away); Sinking Bucket / Godet à fonçage (approx. one kilometer away); Cage / La cage (approx. one kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kirkland Lake.

Also see . . . Central Public School: History of Our School. Excerpt:

In February 1917, with a class of 60 pupils of all

2. Marker detail: Central Public School
ages, a school room was opened over what was a community hall. In 1920, two more classrooms were necessary, thus completing the four room unit remembered by many as the "small school" and which, in 1922, became the first high school. To meet the needs of the young mining camp, in 1924, another four room school was built adjacent to it on the site of the old Central School building, with subsequent additions of four rooms in each of 1926 and 1928. By 1960 it was time to look at a new school because of foundation problems and the costly repairs.
The pupils and staff occupied the new Central School building on September 8, 1964, vacating the old building which became the temporary home for a section of the Northern Ontario Institute of Technology. Thus, the cycle of Central Public School is complete; from a one room school to a small graded school, to a continuation school, to a large graded school, to a post secondary school and finally to the present building with its new look.

(Submitted on April 12, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 3, 2022

3. Central Public School Marker

Looking south from Government Road East.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 213 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 12, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.