SS #13 SCHOOL

In 1861, a by-law was passed in the township to establish a school in the northern end of the Settlement. This relieved the crowding in the mission school and made a more convenient location for those people living near there.

That first generation of people removed from slavery joined together to build and support this new school. It served the community for over a century and prepared several generations of students for all of the possibilities that their ancestors could only dream about.

It is the only known early Underground Railroad school to still exist in Canada and, as such, holds a very special place in North American History.

(Pictured below, the renovated SS #13 in 2006.)

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