The School Room

When the Sisters arrived in 1858 they were escorted to a log cabin built in the simple post-on-sill style used by the Hudson’s Bay Company. (The oldest part of Dr. Helmcken’s house is also built in this style.) The cabin was covered with clapboard siding, and a partition with a chimney down the centre divided the simple cabin into two rooms. No sealing or chinking filled the spaces between the timbers to keep the cold out. Construction soon began on an addition, which doubled the size of the space available. An eleven-foot bell tower with a 25-pound bell – christened Peter – completed the new section. The addition was later demolished.