In 1903, the Anglican Church first opened a school in Carcross for Indian children. The photo below is from a stereocard published in about 1912. It shows Indian boys from the school swimming in Nares Lake.

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In 1911, a new school building was constructed to house 40 students.

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On April 17, 1939, the school burned. Classes were held in various temporary accommodations until 1954. The regular Carcross school had burned in July 1936.

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In 1954, the building below was constructed, to hold up to 160 students.

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    The school was closed in the early 1970s. Used as a private school for a couple of years (the photo above is from about 1973), it was demolished in the mid-1980s. In 2001, lawsuits were filed against the Anglican Church and others for abuses against students in the 1950s and 1960s.

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