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Lakehead Public School Board is the name this wiki uses for the English-language public school board of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Its legal name is the Lakehead District School Board and it presents itself to the public as Lakehead Public Schools.[1] It is a school system in Northwestern Ontario.[2] Under the provincial regulation that renamed Ontario's district boards, it was known as English-language Public District School Board No. 6A until 1 January 1999.[3] In testimony to a legislative committee in Thunder Bay in May 1996 it called itself the Lakehead Board of Education.[4] It is a separate body from the other boards that run Catholic, French-language and First Nations schools in the city.

Overview

The board describes itself as one of 31 English-language public school boards in Ontario. It administers provincial funding for the schools of the Thunder Bay area and runs 22 elementary schools, three secondary schools and one adult education centre, with nearly 2,000 staff (more than 840 of them teachers) and an enrolment above 10,000 students.[1] The head office is the Jim McCuaig Education Centre at 2135 Sills Street, Thunder Bay.[5] The centre has the same name as Jim McCuaig, who was the board's director of education at the 1996 hearings;[4] no source seen states that it was named for him. A Lakehead University alumni story of March 2026 reported that the office was then displaying four canvases on the theme of Reconciliation, painted by art students from four local high schools.[2]

The area of jurisdiction set by Ontario's 1997 regulation covers the City of Thunder Bay, the municipalities of Neebing and Oliver Paipoonge, the townships of Conmee, Gillies, O'Connor and Shuniah, a list of surrounding geographic townships (including Gorham and Ware), the Dawson Road Lots and one rural school section near Kashabowie.[6] Wikipedia describes the board as serving the Thunder Bay census metropolitan area and the townships of Gorham and Ware.[7] In 1996 the board's chair told the committee that it did not extend to Nipigon, Red Rock, Schreiber or Atikokan, and that it covered the city and the surrounding townships.[4] The Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board serves essentially the same area.[4]

History

Early local school boards

The earliest school boards on record in the area are those of the two towns on Lake Superior. Case's Directory of May 1894 lists a school board for Port Arthur and a school board for Fort William, alongside a Port Arthur public school, a Fort William kindergarten school and the Roman Catholic separate boards of both towns.[8][9][10][11] In 1920 the Fort William Board of Education (see also Fort William Board of Education) had J. W. Morgan as its secretary-treasurer.[12] By 1950 the Fort William board employed G. L. Thain as administrator and Margaret A. MacNair as secretary-treasurer, from offices on Catherine Street.[13] On the Port Arthur side, a Board of Education of the City of Port Arthur placed an advertisement in a school yearbook in 1966.[14] The Ontario Jewish Archives record that Benjamin Hollenberg, the first Jewish member of the Fort William Board of Education, was elected in 1912 and later served as its chair.[15]

Lakehead Board of Education

By the late 1960s the public schools of both cities were apparently under a single body, the Lakehead Board of Education: Bayview Magazine lists it among the joint regional bodies created in the 1960s while the two cities were still separate,[16] and teachers' notices from the 1980s and 1990s describe their employer as the Lakehead Board of Education or, later, the Lakehead School Board (see Staff). Port Arthur and Fort William, together with Neebing and McIntyre, were amalgamated as the City of Thunder Bay on 1 January 1970.[16] The sources consulted for this page do not say when or how the two city school boards merged, or the exact year the Lakehead Board of Education was founded.

In May 1996 the board's chair, Linda Rydholm, vice-chair Suzan Labine and director of education Jim McCuaig told a legislative committee that the board had about 43 schools, 16,500 students, about 1,800 staff and a budget of $118 million. The director said the board had already carried out "massive school closures", four that year plus two amalgamations, with more planned for the following year.[4] The board's Roman Catholic counterpart, the Lakehead District Roman Catholic Separate School Board, then had about 9,000 students.[4] (The vice-chair of 1996 may be the same person as the co-ordinator described on the existing page Suzan Labine, who died in 2010; no source seen links the two.)

District school boards, 1998–1999

Ontario's regulation 185/97 established 31 English-language public district school boards, normally named "English-language Public District School Board No. __".[6] The Thunder Bay board was number 6A.[6] A later regulation, effective 1 January 1999, gave the boards their present names, among them Lakehead District School Board for No. 6A, Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board for the Catholic board (No. 34A) and the Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario for the French-language public board (No. 57).[3]

Remote learning during COVID-19

A Lakehead University alumni story published in May 2020 describes the board moving its elementary and high-school students to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic; the story profiles Gino Russo, the information technology consultant teacher who managed the transition.[17]

High-school closures

The board's seven former secondary schools, which closed or passed to other boards between 1988 and 2018, are listed with dates under Former secondary schools. The last, Sir Winston Churchill CVI, closed in 2018 according to Wikipedia's articles on the board and on the school (which adds that the building was demolished in April 2019); Wikipedia's article on Westgate instead places the closure in June 2019.[7][18][19] A new elementary school, École Elsie MacGill, now stands on the former Churchill football field.[18]

Governance

The board is governed by nine trustees, including an Indigenous trustee, together with an Indigenous student trustee and a student trustee. Its published list of trustee responsibilities includes operating schools under provincial law, keeping a vision statement, producing a multi-year strategic plan and setting the budget within provincial grants.[1]

Trustees (November 2026)

Trustee Role Service noted by the board
Ron Oikonen Chair First elected November 1988; chair December 2000 – December 2007; acclaimed chair in 2026
Donica LeBlanc Vice chair Elected October 2022; vice chair since November 2022
Ellen Chambers Trustee Elected October 2014; chair 2018–2024
Gary Christian Trustee Selected June 2026
Patricia Johansen Trustee Elected October 2022
George Saarinen Trustee Elected November 2006; vice chair 2014–2017 and 2018–2019
Ryan Sitch Trustee Elected 22 October 2018
Trudy Tuchenhagen Trustee Served November 1997 – November 2010; re-elected November 2014; vice chair from December 2019 to November 2022
Scottie Wemigwans Indigenous Trustee Selected 28 July 2020
Breanna Bruce Student Trustee Declaration made 9 September 2025
Cameron Price Indigenous Student Trustee Declaration made 8 September 2026[20]

The existing wiki page Gary Christian describes a different person.

Senior administration (November 2026)

Name Position Notes
Sherri-Lynne Pharand Chief Executive Officer Appointed 1 September 2022; began teaching with the board in 1990, an administrator since 1994 and a superintendent from 2007; previously 2½ years as director of education of the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board
Kirsti Alaksa Superintendent of Business Appointed October 2020, after 14 years in the board's financial services
Heather Harris Superintendent of Education Began 15 August 2023; earlier a vice-principal at McKellar Park Central Public School, principal at Kakabeka Falls Public School and capital planning officer
Jane Lower Superintendent of Education Appointed 21 November 2022; taught at Sir Winston Churchill CVI from 2001, then administrator there and at Westgate CVI; student success lead from 2015
Patti-Jo Pesola-Brunton Superintendent of Education – Math Lead Appointed August 2025, after more than 26 years with the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board
Michelle Probizanski Superintendent of Education Appointed 1 July 2019; with the board since 1998; most recently principal of Superior CVI[21]

Wikipedia's board article calls the head of the board the director of education.[7] The existing page Heather Harris describes a different person.

Schools

This section lists the schools of the board and of its predecessors that this wiki knows of. Page links point to existing articles where the wiki has one; red links mark schools with no article yet.

Current schools (open)

The board lists 22 elementary schools,[22] three secondary schools[23] and one adult education centre, 26 in all. Its site also lists the Kingfisher Outdoor Education Centre among its school services.[22]

School Type Status Location Notes
Algonquin Avenue Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay
Armstrong Public School Elementary Open Armstrong
C.D. Howe Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay
Claude E. Garton Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay No source seen states the school's namesake; a Claude E. Garton was principal of Current River School in 1947–1950
Crestview Public School Elementary Open Murillo
École Elsie MacGill Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay On the former football field of Sir Winston Churchill CVI[18]
École Gron Morgan Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay
Five Mile Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay
Gorham & Ware Community School Elementary Open Gorham
Kakabeka Falls Public School Elementary Open Kakabeka Falls
Kingsway Park Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay
McKellar Park Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay Called "McKellar Park Central" by Wikipedia and in other records
McKenzie Public School Elementary Open Shuniah Kindergarten to Grade 6 per Wikipedia[7]
Nor'wester View Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay
Ogden Community School Elementary Open Thunder Bay Possibly related to the historic Ogden School; not established by a source
Sherbrooke Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay
St. James Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay
Valley Central Public School Elementary Open Slate River
Vance Chapman Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay
Westmount Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay
Whitefish Valley Public School Elementary Open Kakabeka Falls Wikipedia lists Whitefish Valley among the places the board serves[7]; compare the Whitefish River Valley
Woodcrest Public School Elementary Open Thunder Bay
Hammarskjold High School Secondary Open Thunder Bay Built 1962; first students in the fall of 1962; officially opened 22 May 1963[24]
Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute (SCVI) Secondary Open Thunder Bay Opened September 2009[25]
Westgate Collegiate & Vocational Institute Secondary Open Thunder Bay Founded 1960[19]
Lakehead Adult Education Centre Adult education Open Thunder Bay

Open schools listed: 22 elementary, 3 secondary and 1 adult education centre.

Former secondary schools

School Type Status Dates Notes
Fort William Collegiate Institute Secondary Closed 1907–2005 The first building opened in September 1907 as Fort William High School and the school was recognised as a collegiate institute in May 1909[26][7]
Port Arthur Collegiate Institute Secondary Closed 1910–2007 Students moved to Hillcrest in 2007; the building later became the home of Lakehead University's law faculty[27][7]
Hillcrest High School Secondary Closed 1928–2009 Opened as Port Arthur Technical School; its students went to Superior CVI on closure[28]
Selkirk Collegiate and Vocational Institute Secondary Closed as a public school 1931–1988 Became St. Patrick High School in 1988[7]
Lakeview High School Secondary Closed as a public school 1957–1990 Became St. Ignatius High School in 1990[7]
Northwood High School Secondary Closed 1963–1996 The building was reopened in 2000 as Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School[7][29]
Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute Secondary Closed 1965–2018 Wikipedia's article on the school says it closed in 2018 and was demolished in April 2019, while its Westgate article places the closure in June 2019[7][18][19]

Related earlier secondary schools: the Port Arthur District High School was listed in 1894;[10] a Fort William vocational school opened in 1931 on Selkirk Avenue, and vocational classes were moved to it from the collegiate.[26] Closure years for these are not stated in the sources seen.

Former elementary and other schools

The following schools of the Port Arthur, Fort William and Lakehead boards appear in directories, school records or hearings. Opening and closing years are given only where a source states them; "listed" means the school appears in that year's source.

School Town Type Status Evidence
Prince Arthur's Landing Public School Prince Arthur's Landing (later Port Arthur) Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Earliest known register is from 1873[30]
Public School Port Arthur Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed in 1894, next to Waverley Park[10]
Kindergarten School Fort William Kindergarten No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed in 1894, in the Whyte Block[11]
Central Public School Port Arthur Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed in 1907 with principal W. A. Stickle[31]
North Ward Public School Port Arthur Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed in 1907 on Court Street[32]
West Fort School Fort William Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed in 1907, Francis Street near Ford[33]
Central School Fort William Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed 1907, 1920 and 1950[34][35][36]
Hill School Port Arthur Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed 1913 and 1920, Katherine Street at Martha Street[37]
Drew Street School Fort William Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed 1920 and 1950[38][39]
North Ward School Port Arthur Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed 1920, St. James Street at Court Street North[40]
Ogden School Fort William / Port Arthur (per this wiki) Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed 1920 and 1950; the 1963 graduate also recalled teaching at an Ogden School that no longer exists. No source seen links it to today's Ogden Community School[41][42][43]
Prospect Avenue School (also Prospect School) Port Arthur Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed 1920 and 1950 at 160 Prospect Avenue; a Prospect School parents' association appeared at the 1996 hearings (possibly this school)[44][45][4]
Current River School Port Arthur Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed 1920 and 1950 on Talbot Street[46][47]
Crawford School Fort William Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed 1950; an addition was opened in March 1954[48]
Isabella School Fort William Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Where teacher Peggy Dromisky began teaching with the Fort William Board of Education in 1957[49]
Queen Elizabeth School Port Arthur Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Listed 1950 at Queen and Ontario Streets; built with bricks from the old Port Arthur high school, demolished in 1938[50]
Shuniah School Port Arthur Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Described on this wiki as a 1950s school at 99 Shuniah Street; the claim is not independently sourced there
Francis Street Public School Fort William board Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated A teacher who graduated in 1963 recalled teaching there for the Fort William School Board, and noted that it no longer exists[43]
Balsam Street Public School Not stated Elementary No longer listed; closing date not stated Superior CVI was built on its former site[25]
Green Acres School (also Green Acres Alternative School) Not stated Elementary / alternative No longer listed; closing date not stated The same 1963 graduate taught at a Green Acres School and noted that it no longer exists;[43] a principal of the Green Acres Alternative School testified in 1996[4] (possibly the same school)
Pine Street School Port Arthur Elementary Closed June 1994 Built 1920 and expanded 1945; sold 1996; demolished December 2002[51]
Bernier-Stokes Public School Collins Elementary Not stated Appeared in an older Wikipedia list of the board's schools; not on the board's current list[52]

Former schools in this table: 22; former secondary schools above: 7.

Other school boards in Thunder Bay

Four district school boards operate in the city, along with a First Nations secondary school and private schools. Wikipedia counts them as the main providers of schooling in the area (see also Education in Thunder Bay, Ontario).[52]

Board Type and language Start and naming history Schools in Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board Roman Catholic, English-language Known as English-language Separate District School Board No. 34A until 1 January 1999.[6][3] In 1996 it was the Lakehead District Roman Catholic Separate School Board, with about 9,000 students; its director of education said the first Catholic schools were set up under the Port Arthur Roman Catholic Separate School Board in 1885.[4] Separate school boards for both Fort William (Separate School Board (Fort William)) and Port Arthur (Separate School (Roman Catholics, Port Arthur)) were listed in 1894.[9] 20 schools according to Wikipedia: 15 elementary, 3 senior elementary and 2 secondary (St. Ignatius and St. Patrick).[53]
Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales Roman Catholic, French-language Established in 1998, a year after French-language schools in Ontario gained full management by francophones.[54] Its Thunder Bay school, École catholique Franco-Supérieur, opened in 1979 inside St. Joseph School, received its present name in 1993 and moved to its current building in 1997.[54] École catholique Franco-Supérieur (kindergarten to Grade 6, more than 300 students in 2024)[54] and École secondaire catholique de la Vérendrye (Grades 7–12).[52]
Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario (CSPGNO) Public, French-language Known as French-language Public District School Board No. 57 until 1 January 1999; the 1999 regulation names it the Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario.[3][55] Its Thunder Bay school opened on 6 September 2023 at 511 Victoria Avenue West, was named École publique des Vents du Nord, and was officially inaugurated on 24 May 2024.[56] École publique des Vents du Nord, the first French-language public school in the city.[56]
Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC) First Nations education authority Operates Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, established in 2000 in the former Northwood High School building and serving 20 communities across northwestern Ontario.[29] Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (Grades 9–12)
Private schools Independent Wikipedia lists Thunder Bay Christian School (kindergarten to Grade 10) as a private school; no start year is given.[52] Thunder Bay Christian School
Neighbouring boards Public and Catholic, English-language The regulations also name the Superior-Greenstone District School Board and the Superior North Catholic District School Board as boards whose areas lie in the Thunder Bay district.[6] None in the city of Thunder Bay

Historical boards that preceded today's public board are described under History: the Port Arthur and Fort William school boards of 1894, the Fort William Board of Education, the Board of Education of the City of Port Arthur, and the Lakehead Board of Education.

Staff

People this wiki records as working for the board or its predecessors, with the role, school and years where a source gives them. "Not stated" means the source names the board but not the position.

Named roles

Name Role School Years Source
Jim McCuaig Director of education Lakehead Board of Education (head office) 1996 [4]
G. L. Thain Administrator Fort William Board of Education 1950 [13]
Margaret A. MacNair Secretary-treasurer Fort William Board of Education 1950 [13][57]
J. W. Morgan Secretary-treasurer Board of Education, Fort William 1920 [12]
Claude E. Garton Principal Current River School 1947–1950 [58][59]
Peggy Dromisky Teacher; later teacher-librarian and special education resource teacher Isabella School; later McKellar Park Central School From 1957; long-service award reported 1989 [60][49][61]
Ernie Dojack Science teacher (later teacher and vice-principal at several high schools, and staff development officer) Lakeview High School from 1966; later other high schools From 1966 [62]
Bob Markall Teacher Pine Street School and C.D. Howe 1970–2000 [63]
Jim Lyzun Elementary shop teacher Not stated 1973 – December 2002 [64]
Heather Houston Graphic artist Not stated 1988 [65]
Gino Russo Information technology consultant teacher Not stated 2020 [17]
Gerry Maunu (1957–2023) Custodian, until he retired Pine Street School (janitor around 1990)[66] Not stated [67]

Current senior staff are listed under Senior administration.

Former trustees and board members

Name Role Board named Years Source
Benjamin Hollenberg Member, later chair Fort William Board of Education Elected 1912 [15]
D. F. Hassard Chair of the school board; elected to the Board of Education (December 1947); later head of the school trustees Fort William school board 1946–1957 [68][69][70]
R.J. "Bob" McCranor Named in a photo notice of the board Fort William Board of Education 8 January 1957 [71]
Agnew Johnston Named in a photo notice of the board Fort William Board of Education 8 January 1957 [72]
W. G. Tamblyn Named in a photo notice of the board Fort William Board of Education 8 January 1957 [73]
Lyn McLeod Trustee for 17 years, seven of them as chair Lakehead Board of Education Years not stated [74]
Joe Comuzzi School representative Lakehead Board of Education Years not stated [75]
Linda Rydholm Chair Lakehead Board of Education 1996 [4]
Suzan Labine Vice-chair Lakehead Board of Education 1996 [4]

The 1957 photo notices name the board members shown but the index entries do not state each person's office.

Staff named in retirement and service notices

The newspaper notices below name the employing board but not the person's position or school. The index entries for 1988–1989 name the Lakehead Board of Education; those for 1991–1993 name the Lakehead School Board or its quarter-century club.

Name Role School Notice(s) Remarks Source
Kathleen Anderson Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [76]
William Anderson Not stated Not stated quarter-century club notice, 12 May 1992; retirement notice, 6 June 1993 The wiki page records a death in 1981, which does not fit notices from 1992–93; the notices may concern a different William Anderson [77][78]
Giacinto Berardi Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [79]
Patrick Boivin Not stated Not stated quarter-century club notice, 26 April 1991; retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [80][81]
Wayne Bovay Not stated Not stated long-service award notice, 15 April 1988; retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [82][83]
Howard Bowles Not stated Not stated long-service award notice, 2 May 1989; retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [84][85]
Helen Bruzas Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [86]
Sheila Chalat Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [87]
Louise Cifarelli Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [88]
Cecil Cranton Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [89]
Ken Geddes Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [90]
Dorothy June Gibbs Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [91]
Norma Gurney Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [92]
Bernice Hamilton Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [93]
Yvonne Hay Not stated Not stated long-service award notice, 2 May 1989; retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [94][95]
Franklin Hoard Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [96]
Theresa Holbrook Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [97]
Gwen House Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [98]
Margaret Hurdon Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [99]
George Kainulainen Not stated Not stated long-service award notice, 15 April 1988; retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [100][101]
Norman Killick Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [102]
Rene Kitching Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [103]
Harold Kluensch Not stated Not stated long-service award notice, 2 May 1989; retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [104][105]
Edward Knutson Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [106]
Manda Kotarac Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [107]
Agnes Kruger Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [108]
Pearn Lockwood Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [109]
Douglas Martin Not stated Not stated notice listing the Fort William Board of Education, 25 April 1961; retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [110][111]
Eleanor McLean Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [112]
Gertrude McMullen Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [113]
Roger Page Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [114]
Bruce Petersen Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [115]
Rose Pogue Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [116]
Margaret Postenka Not stated Not stated quarter-century club notice, 12 May 1992; retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [117][118]
Richard Pretlac Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [119]
Margaret Ross Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [120]
Margaret Sabaz Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [121]
William Shubat Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [122]
Marcella Smithers Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [123]
George Spentzos Not stated Not stated long-service award notice, 15 April 1988; retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [124][125]
Eileen Stajkowski Not stated Not stated long-service award notice, 2 May 1989; retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [126][127]
Grace Stephenson Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [128]
Roy Stokes Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 6 June 1993 [129]
Renaldo Takala Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [130]
Allan Turner Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [131]
Audrey Walsh Not stated Not stated long-service award notice, 2 May 1989; retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [132][133]
Marilyn Watson Not stated Not stated long-service award notice, 15 April 1988; retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [134][135]
Traude Wedding Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [136]
William Zonneveld Not stated Not stated retirement notice, 26 June 1989 [137]

Staff named in notices: 49.

Records on this wiki

This page began as a stub created from a newspaper obituary that names the board: the 2024 obituary of James Johnston.[138] The stub's other fact, that Gerry Maunu worked for the board as a custodian until he retired, is kept in the Staff section. The board's name also appears in the Lakehead University Alumni Spotlight profiles of Keith Ailey, an art educator, and Gino Russo.[2][17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Board", Lakehead Public Schools (Lakehead District School Board), original page, accessed 3 November 2026. Archived on datum.locker: MHTML snapshot, gzip-compressed; full-page image (captured 3 November 2026).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Keith Ailey Celebrates Art and Community", Lakehead University Alumni Spotlight, 17 March 2026 (archived copy; original page).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ontario Regulation 107/08, Continuation, Areas of Jurisdiction and Names of District School Boards, e-Laws, Government of Ontario, original page, accessed 3 November 2026. Archived on datum.locker: MHTML snapshot, gzip-compressed; full-page image (captured 3 November 2026).
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  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Case's Directory of Fort William, Port Arthur and the District of Thunder Bay, May 1894, p. 83.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Case's Directory of Fort William, Port Arthur and the District of Thunder Bay, May 1894, p. 89.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Case's Directory of Fort William, Port Arthur and the District of Thunder Bay, May 1894, p. 48.
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  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Henderson's Directory of Fort William and Port Arthur, 1950 (Henderson Directories Limited), p. 116.
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  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School", Wikipedia, original page, accessed 3 November 2026. Archived on datum.locker: MHTML snapshot, gzip-compressed; full-page image (captured 3 November 2026).
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  58. ↑ Port Arthur News-Chronicle, 25 July 1947, p. 3
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  65. ↑ This wiki's article Heather Houston, adapted from Wikipedia (note: the article gives no further source for the 1988 employment).
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  75. ↑ This wiki's article Joe Comuzzi.
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