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Kuper Island Residential School

Aerial black and white photograph overlooks a wooden dock leading from the shoreline to a stepped walkway through manicured symmetrical gardens fronting a massive, imposing three-story brick building.

Source: Library and Archives Canada

Date: June 19, 1941

 

The school, also known as Kuper Island Industrial School, was located on Kuper Island (now called Penelakut Island), which is separated from Vancouver Island by the Stuart Channel. The building was demolished in the 1980s.