Aldergrove 1886 - the year the first formal school was built on land donated by Finlay Shortreed. The first teacher was Miss Margaret J Murchie. Mention has been made in other sources that previous to this school, classes had been held in a log community hall at what is now 272 & Fraser Highway. It may have been an informal school, as thus far no mention of it has been found in provincial reports.
Information in the images (except for the map) is from the Annual Report on Public Schools in the Province of British Columbia 1886-1887. As you can see, the Aldergrove School District extended far into Matsqui (Abbotsford).
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Aldergrove 1886 - the year the first formal school was...