September 17, 2010 – 10:09 am
Mica School was established on April 25, 1912. It was located on the NW quarter of 24-16-18-W4. Directions from Lomond – North 5 miles on Highway 845, turn east on Highway 539 for 12 miles, turn south on Range Road 181 for 4 miles, turn east on Township Road 164 for ½ mile. Latitude 50.36823, [...]
September 17, 2010 – 10:04 am
In May, 1916, William Aberhart, the Alberta Premier and Minister of Education, proposed the rural centralization scheme. Dufferin School was moved into the community of Lomond and the rural districts of Rolling Prairie, Ocean Wave, Dufferin and Deep Water were combined into the Lomond Consolidated School District #20 on May 22, 1916. It was located [...]
September 13, 2010 – 8:22 am
Kasimir School was named after Kasimir Sander, Sr. He came from Harvey, North Dakota in the year 1907, with his wife and seven children: John, Kasimir Jr., Anton, Elizabeth, Eva, Barbara and Francis. The school was built on the northeast corner of the land homesteaded by the McKenzies. East on Highway 526, two and a [...]
September 13, 2010 – 8:00 am
By the end of 1909, the land boom in the area northeast of present-day Lomond was in full swing. According to a 1937 study by G.H. Craig and J. Proskie entitled “The Acquisition of Land in the Vulcan-Lomond area of Alberta”, more than half of the homesteads and pre-emptions taken in the Lomond District between [...]
August 31, 2010 – 10:27 am
While the civic fathers remained confident that the village of Bow City would rise like a Phoenix from the scorched prairies, by 1914 most had tired of the empty promises of a railroad and prosperity. With the arrival of the Suffield subdivision branch line to the prairie south and west of the village, new communities [...]
August 24, 2010 – 10:48 am
Grand Springs School was established on August 25, 1913. It was located on the NE quarter of 11-15-20-W4. Directions from Lomond – South 6 miles on Hwy 845, turn west on Twp Rd 152 1/4 mile. Latitude 50.25180, Longitude -112.64516 At the time the school was established, Peter Nord of Yetwood was the Senior Trustee. [...]
August 24, 2010 – 10:46 am
Green Prairie School was built by Jens Sokvitne. It was established on December 10, 1917. It was located on the SE quarter of 27-17-19-W4. Directions from Lomond – North 5 miles on Highway 845, turn east on Highway 539 for 5 miles, turn North onto Range Rd 192 for 2 miles (no road sign because [...]
August 24, 2010 – 10:23 am
Gold Coin School was established on December 9, 1910. It was located on the SE quarter of 5-15-19-W4. Directions from Lomond – South 8 miles on Highway 845, turn east on Township Road 150 for 3 1/2 miles. Latitude 50.22281, Longitude -112.57077 Gold Coin School district was organized in 1910. It was 1/4 mile east [...]
August 24, 2010 – 9:38 am
Forestville School was built on John DeForest’s land in 1910, on the SW 18-17-17-25. It was established on February 24, 1910. Directions from Lomond – North 5 miles on Highway 845, turn east on Highway 539 for 13 miles. Latitude 50.42667, Longitude -112.34110 On August 22, 1910, the school board was authorized to borrow the [...]
August 24, 2010 – 9:25 am
Often referred to as Badger Lake School, First Chance School was established on September 24, 1909. The school was built in 1910 on the SE quarter of 19-16-18-W4. Directions from Lomond go East 8 miles on Township Road 162, turn north on Range Road 185 for almost 1½ miles. Latitude 50.36020, Longitude -112.45599 The first [...]
