Bishop Horden Memorial School

Bishop Horden Memorial School in Moose Factory Island, Ontario. Front exterior of dormitory, shot from the southeast, May 24, 1956.

Bishop Horden Hall, also known as Bishop Horden Memorial School, Moose Factory Residential School, and Horden Hall, was a residential school that operated from 1906 until 1976 on Moose Factory Island, at the southern end of James Bay, at the bottom of Hudson Bay, in northern Ontario.

During its 70 years, Horden Hall was known by nine names and operated out of several different buildings. Bishop Horden Hall is the name used for the school in the 2006 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA),[1] in which the Government of Canada acknowledged the damage done to Indigenous people who attended residential schools, and established a $1.9-billion compensation package to compensate them for the harms they suffered.[2]

Between 1906 and 1927, an average of 25 children lived at the school. Residency peaked between 1957 and 1958, with 251 children. When the school closed in 1976, there were 107 children living there.[1]

  1. ^ a b Government of Canada (1 May 2012). "Bishop Horden Hall IAP School Narrative" (PDF). National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ Marshall, Tabitha (11 July 2013). "Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.