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Leeds County School Information
Information on Historical Schools in Leeds County.

This table shows the current and past schools/schoolhouses in the Leeds area. The table contains the following information: the school name; location/township; closing date; location students went to after the school/schoolhouse closed. Schools that include a historic photograph are underlined. Click the underlined school name to see the photograph. To see the complete collection of photos, please look through the gallery listed on the sidebar.

All photos were taken from Leeds and the Thousand Islands Archives, which we invite interested viewers to explore here

Legend-Leeds

  • N-North
  • S-South
  • E-East
  • W-West
  • Twp.-Township
  • Bd.-Board
  • S.S. No.-School Section Number
  • Brockville
  • Mallorytown
  • Rideau Lakes
  • Front of Escott
  • ElizabethtownKitley Township
  • Athens


SCHOOL NAME

LOCATION/ TOWNSHIP

CLOSING DATE

WHERE STUDENTS WENT

Caintown Public School

Caintown

1964

Lyn Public School

Caintown S.S. #7

Caintown

1959

Lyn Public School

East Ward/Douglas Haig (was John Knox Montessori School at the end)

Corner of Pearl and Bartholomew

First East Ward School, then Douglas Haig School

John Knox Christian School, finally Montessori School


Pearl St. E

Brockville

1999 (torn down)

1950-closed

Commonwealth Public School

North Ward

Brockville

Prince of Wales Public School (after 1881)

South Ward

Brockville

Prince of Wales Public School (after 1881)

Centre Ward

Brockville

Prince of Wales Public School (after 1881)

Front of Yonge S.S. #4

Front of Yonge

1920

Front of Yonge Public School

James Street School

James St.

Brockville

Prince of Wales Public School (after 1881)

Purvis Street School (S.S. No. 8 Front of Yonge)

West of Lyn


Near Tollgate Rd. on Perth Rd. (new brick school on chemical Rd.)

June 29, 1967

Caintown School (until Mallorytown school was built)


Front of Yonge Public School

Rock School

George and Perth St.

1405 McDonald Rd.

Hwy 2 West of Brockville, West of Oakland Cemetery


1
st: West of present site


Before: Bank of Grant’s creek

Lyn Public School

Victoria School

Wall St.

Brockville

1973

General Brock School


Prince of Wales Public School

(Until Vanier Public School was completed)

Horton School

James St. East at Victoria

Brockville

1950

Commonwealth Public School

General Brock School

George and Clarrisa St.

Brockville

1983-demolished

1976-closed

Prince of Wales Public School

Windsor School

Stewart Blvd.

Brockville

Was later used for special-education purposes and moved

Dates unknown; registers up to 1978

Vanier Public School

Toniata Public School

Lyn Tincap

Lyn-Tincap

2001

Lyn Public School

Lyn Tincap Public School

Lyn-Tincap

1994

Lyn Public School

Lyn/Tincap School Complex

Lyn-Tincap

1993

Lyn Public School

Lyn-Tincap Public School

Lyn-Tincap

1978

Lyn Public School

S.S. No. 7 Lyn School

Centre of village by creek; west end of village

Lyn Public School (after 1956)

Tincap

Tincap

1972

Lyn Public School

Yonge Elementary

Front of Yonge

1969

Front of Yonge Public School

Mallorytown

Mallorytown

1969

Front of Yonge Public School

Mallorytown Consolidated

Mallorytown

1929

Front of Yonge Public School (after 1968)

Mallorytown Continuation

Mallorytown

1957

Brockville Collegiate Institute

Malloy S.S. #11

1969

Front of Yonge Public School

Rideau Centennial Public School (after 1963)

Rideau Lakes
ON K0G1V0

 

 

Central School (Smiths Falls), Recreation Centre

79 Beckwith Street North, Smiths Falls, K7A

Common and Grammar Schools combined on property

1973

Chimo Elementary School

Chimo Senior Elementary School

Smiths Falls

1995

Chimo Elementary School

S.S. No. 5 Elgin Public School

Elgin

1967

South Crosby Public School

Elgin and Central

Elgin

1939

Rideau Centennial Public School (after 1963)

S.S. No. 5 Elgin Public School (Red Brick School)

48, Halladay Street, Village of Elgin, Ontario, K0G, Canada

1964

South Crosby Public School

Elgin/Lyndhurst Continuation School

Elgin/Lyndhurst

1939

Rideau District High School (after 1960)

Lyndhurst School

Lyndhurst

 

Sweets Corners Elementary School (after 1973)

Lyndhurst Continuation School (High School/Collegiate Institute)

Lyndhurst

1957

Athens District High School

Long Point School

Long point Rd.

Lyndhurst

 

Sweets Corners Public School (after 1973)

S.S. No. 7 Forfar

Village of Forfar

Twp. of Bastard

1967

South Crosby Public School

S.S. No. 8 Harlem

Harlem Rd. near Chantry

1967

South Crosby Public School

Harper-Condie

Near Harper-Condie Rd. Smiths Falls

1976

Chimo Elementary School

Johnston Public School (Smiths Falls)

Smiths Falls

1949

North Elmsley Public School (after 1964)


Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

S.S. No. 2 Johnston

Smith Falls

1960

North Elmsley Public School (after 1964)

 

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

Lyndhurst Public School

Lyndhurst

1964

Sweets Corners Elementary School (after 1973)

S.S. No. 6 Lombardy School

County Road #1 (Rideau Ferry Road)

1963

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

Long Point School

3410 County Road 3 Lyndhurst

1960

Sweet Corners Elementary School (after 1973)

S.S No. 9 Morton Public School

South Crosby

June 1965

South Crosby Public School

S.S. No. 1 Montague

Andrewsville

 

Merrickville Public School (after 1966)

S.S. No 6 Montague

Montague

 

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

 

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 11 Montague

Montague

1959

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

 

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 12 Montague

Montague

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

 

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 13 Montague

Montague

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

 

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 14 Montague

Montague

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

 

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 15 Montague

Montague

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

 

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 16 Montague

Montague

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

 

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 20 Montague

Montague

1964

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)

 

Montague Central School (after 2004)

S.S. No. 8 Montague

Montague

1949

Chimo Elementary School (after 1973)


Montague Central School (after 2004)

New Aberdeen

Smiths Falls

June 2004

Montague Central School

Newboro Public School

Newboro

1929

Rideau Vista Public School

Village of Newboro

Newboro

1926

Rideau Vista Public School

S.S. No. 9 Philipsville

Philipsville

1966

South Crosby Public School

Rideau Centennial, Portland

Portland

1969

Rideau Centennial Public School

Rideau Regional Centre School

Rideau

1988

South Crosby Public School

Rideau School

Rideau

1969

South Crosby Public School

Rideau Secondary School

Rideau

 

Rideau District High School (after 1960)

S.S. No. 5 South Crosby-Elgin School

Halladay St., Elgin, Rideau Lakes twp

1964

South Crosby Public School

S.S. #6 South Crosby-Bush School

South Crosby

1969

South Crosby Public School

South Crosby S.S. No. 9

South Crosby

1964

South Crosby Public School

S.S. No. 16 South Crosby Ripley Public School

South Crosby

1964

South Crosby Public School

Crosby S.S. #5

South Crosby

1929

Rideau Centennial Public School (after 1963)

Township of Bastard and South Burgess S.S. #1

Rideau Lakes twp.

1964

South Crosby Public School

Township of Bastard and South Burgess S.S. #2

Rideau Lakes twp.

1967

South Crosby Public School

 

Pineview Public School (after 1968)

Township of Bastard and South Burgess S.S. #3

Rideau Lakes twp.

1963

South Crosby Public School (after 1964)

 

Township of Bastard and South Burgess S.S. #4

Rideau Lakes twp.

1964

South Crosby Public School

Township of Bastard and South Burgess S.S. #6

Rideau Lakes twp.

1964

South Crosby Public School

South Elmsley S.S. #6

Lombardy

1964

Lombardy Public School

 

South Elmsley S.S. No. 5

Lombardy

 

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

South Elmsley S.S. No. 3

Lombardy

 

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

South Elmsley S.S. No. 3A

Lombardy

 

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

South Elmsley S.S. No. 8

Lombardy

 

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

South Elmsley S.S. No. 4

Lombardy

 

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

S.S. No. 2 Shane School (union with 2 other schools)

Along Highway 29 (1st Conc.)


South Elmsley Township

 

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

Poonahmalee School

Lombardy

Poonamalie Lockstation

 

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

S.S. No. 8 Seeley’s Bay

Seeley’s Bay

1972

Sweets Corners Elementary School (after 1973)

S.S. No. 10 Seeley’s School

Corner of Sawmill Rd. and road leading to Leetuck or Lee Rd.


Across from North Star Farms at Seeley’s Corners

September 1957

Sweets Corners Elementary School (after 1973)

Seeley’s Bay Continuation School

Seeley’s Bay

1958

Rideau District High School (after 1960)

#17 Wolford Centre

Wolford

1964

Wolford Public School

S.S. No. 4 Wolford

Wolford

1964

Wolford Public School

S.S. No. 7 Wolford

Wolford

1964

Wolford Public School

S.S. No. 8 Wolford

Wolford

1935

Wolford Public School (after 1964)

S.S. No. 9 Wolford

Wolford

1932

Wolford Public School (after 1964)

S.S. No. 13 Wolford

Wolford

1940

Wolford Public School (after 1964)

Wolford Public School #7

Wolford

1929

Wolford Public School (after 1964)

Wolford Township General School

Wolford

1953

Wolford Public School (after 1964)

S.S. No. 22 Rathewell’s School (S.S. No. 6 Wolford School)

Conc. 4 Lot 4, north east corner of County Rd. 16 and Corkoran Road

 

Wolford Public School (after 1964)

S.S. No. 2 Newboyne

3600 County Rd. 5 Portland

1936;

permanently 1966

S.S. 1 Newboyne


Rideau Centennial Public School (after 1963)

S.S. No. 1 Newboyne

3702 Wills Rd., Portland

 

Rideau Centennial Public School (after 1963)

John Muir School (House)

11 Centre St., Burritts Rapids

1964

Oxford-on-Rideau Public School

 

Merrickville Public School (after 1966)

U.S.S. No. 22 South Burgess-Cranworth School

4412 Old Kingston Rd., Portland

1967

Rideau Centennial Public School

S.S. No. 6 South Elmsley-Lombardy School

County Rd. 1 (Rideau Ferry Rd.)

1963

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

S.S. No. 10 South Elmsley

Old Kingston Rd.

 

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

William Ballantyne School

448 Hwy. 29

1954

Lombardy Public School (after 1964)

S.S. No. 10 Daytown

 

1964

South Crosby Public School

Westport Public School and Continuation School

Westport

Continuation School: 1960


Elementary School: 1967-1968

Rideau District High School

 

Rideau Vista Public School (in 1968)

S.S. No. 6 The Narrows

Westport

 

Rideau Vista Public School (after 1968)

S.S. No. 14 Bell’s School

1858: 2nd floor became Westport Academy


East Branch

Westport

1906

New School on Reed Road

 

Rideau Vista Public School (after 1968)

Salem School

Westport

 

Rideau Vista Public School (after 1968)

Ardmore School

Westport

 

Rideau Vista Public School (after 1968)

Halladay School (S.S. No. 5)

4992 Westport Road

 

Rideau Vista Public School (after 1968)

Portland Public School

Hwy. 15

 

Rideau Centennial Public School (after 1963)

Woodvale Public School

Woodvale Rd.

Leeds and Thousand Islands

 

Sweets Corners Elementary School (after 1973)

Addison Public School

Addison

June 2004

Meadowview Public School

New Dublin Public School

Addison