The school opened on December 19, 1898. [nb 1] The school was first run by four sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions and subsequently by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1901 to 1979.[1] In its first year of operation, the school had an enrolment of 14 students, with the capacity to accommodate 45 students.[11] The government of Canada took over running the school in 1969, having funded it since 1901.[12] The Cowessess First Nation ran the school starting in 1987.[12] The school was closed on June 30, 1997[2] and subsequently demolished in 1999 and replaced with a day school.[4]