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13-JUL-2009 Racine Erland

Girl's Dormitory - Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School - 1935

Cowichan Station, BC

Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School provided domestic training for young girls and agricultural skills training for young boys brought to Canada from England between the years of 1935 to 1951. The actual mandate was "to train for life in Canada boys and girls from the United Kingdom and to give them the enlarged opportunities of this dominion". The percentage of girls was much less than that of boys and the size of the dormitories reflected this difference. For more history on the Fairbridge Farm School click here

Original photos of some of the Farm's buildings can be found at these locations:
Photo No. 1 and Photo No. 2

To see more images of this months Architecture Challenge click here: Architecture - July 2009


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Walter Otto Koenig21-Jul-2009 21:03
Very nice image of this beautiful house. Fascinating history.
Mairéad20-Jul-2009 18:57
A beautiful old building, hope it helped to stop
the girls feeling homesick.
Yvonne19-Jul-2009 12:09
What a pretty school, so beautifully maintained over the years!
Barbara Heide19-Jul-2009 11:24
what a tranquil spot to live...
Maaike Huizer19-Jul-2009 07:53
Simply beautiful
Azlin Ahmad19-Jul-2009 07:09
I love the slate (I think it's slate?) roof! V
Guest 19-Jul-2009 07:08
Fantastic!! What a beautiful farm school!
Cindi Smith19-Jul-2009 06:32
Definately has that English flair! Lovely old building and so well kept!