Emberly School #1979
The area around Emberly School (NE 22-7-7w) was unique in that it became the home for a number of Ukrainian families who settled in the area.
The school district of Rays was formed in 1919, later renamed “Emberly” after a local family who donated the land.
A wooden, one-room school was built on NE 22-7-7 along PR. # 305 one mile east of PR#240.
Ukrainian settlers in the area held some church services in the school until 1939 when the St. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church and cemetery were established on SW 27-7-7. (See Churches & Cemeteries)
Emberly School closed in 1961 and the school district consolidated with St. Claude. The Cairn was unveiled in 1999 and dedicated to the students, parents and teachers of Emberly School.
See also: Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ecole Emberly No. 1979. Source: Gordon Goldsborough
