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Life at Alderville/Alnwick Industrial
Day School (continued)
Enrolment of Students Boarding at Manual Labour Schools, By Year
Year Alnwick Mount Elgin
1850 54 13
1851 57 34
1852 43 36
1853 31 42
1854 25 42
1855 26 44
1856 40 58
(none after epidemic)
1857 51 40
(20 by end of school year)
1858 “poor” 40
1859 “poor” … (includes non-Indigenous)
1860 “better” 40
Miss. Soc. Rep., 1850-60, except for Alnwick 1851 and 1852, which is
taken from William Case, “Report on the Alderville Industrial School,”
[c. 1852], Miss. Corr., Roll 25.
A list of industrial day schools not included on Indigenous Peoples
Atlas of Canada can be found on the indiandayschools.com website;
link available on weblinks list.
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