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More Governor General Schools

 

Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary, New Westminster. Source.

 

Lord Lansdowne School, Toronto. Source.

Duke of Connaught Schools

Connaught School, Calgary. Source.

Connaught School, Medicine Hat. Source.

Connaught School, Regina. Source.

Connaught School, North Battleford. Source.

Emma Albani

Soprano Marie-Louise-Emma-Cécile Lajeunesse, known professionally as Emma Albani, was born in Montreal on this date in 1847. Source.

Governor General Schools

Lorne School No. 56, Pembina. Source.

Lorne Avenue Public School, London. Source.

 

Dufferin School, Toronto. Source.

Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Ottawa. Source.

Minto School, Minto, Manitoba. Source.

Lord Elgin by Felice Beato

Elgin was Governor General of the Province of Canada from 1847 to 1854; the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa is named after him. In 1860 London sent him as High Commissioner to China with an army to impose an unequal treaty on the Qing government. On this day in 1860 he ordered the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, in order to move negotiations along. Objects looted by Elgin's troops turn up in the London auction houses to this day. Source.

Queen Alexandra Schools

Queen Alexandra Elementary School, Vancouver. Source.

Queen Alexandra School, Edmonton. Source.

"Alexandria" Public School, St. Catharines. Source.

Queen Alexandra Middle School, Toronto. Source.

Chief Dan George Public School

Brick detail from Chief Dan George Public School in Scarborough. Source.

King George Schools, Part 2

King George School, Brandon. Source.

King George School, Hamilton. Source.

King George V Elementary School, Chippawa. Source.

King George Public School, Newmarket. Source.

King George School, Belleville. Source.

1903 CCM Ivanhoe

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King George Schools, Part 1

King George High School, Vancouver. Source.

King George Elementary School, Prince George. Source.

King George Elementary School, Calgary. Source.

King George School, Saskatoon. Source.

King George School, Moose Jaw. Source.