MacKay Indian Residential School (also known as McKay Residential School) was part of the Canadian Residential School System in Northern Manitoba. It was one of the rare schools that established two different locations. The first school that ran from 1914 to 1933 on Fisher Island was located on Opaskwayak Cree Nation close to The Pas and the second was in Dauphin and ran from 1957 to 1969.
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CBC News (2021) [June 06]. "Where were Manitoba's residential schools — and what stands there now?". Retrieved 10 March 2026. "MacKay Residential School". National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Retrieved 11 March 2026. "Historic Sites of Manitoba: MacKay Indian Residential School (Opaskwayak Cree Nation)". Manitoba Historical Society Archives. National Truth and Reconciliation Commission. "National Archives of Canada" (PDF). National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (Vol. 6267 ed.). "DAUPHIN (MACKAY) INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL" (PDF). National Centre for Truth and Reconcliation. Retrieved 19 March 2026. Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015). Canada’s Residential Schools : the History, Part 1, Origins to 1939: the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 1. McGill-Queen’s University Press. p. 466. Milloy; McCallum (2017). A national crime: the Canadian government and the residential school system, 1879 to 1986. University of Manitoba Press. p. 147. Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015). The Survivors Speak: A Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. pp. 42, 56, 146–162. . Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015). Canada’s residential schools : the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Volume 1, The history, Part 2 : 1939 to 2000. McGill-Queen’s University Press. p. 430. . Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, ed. (2015). Canada’s Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials. McGill-Queen's native and northern series. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. . CBC News Manitoba. "What remains of McKay Residential School in northern Manitoba". Retrieved 11 March 2026. Karlenzig, Michelle (2021-06-30). "Church in Manitoba wants to search for unmarked graves at former residential school". APTN News. Retrieved 2026-03-26. CBC News (November 3, 2021). "Search for unmarked graves begins at site of Dauphin residential school". CBC News Manitoba. Retrieved March 11, 2026. Bibault, Adele (2019). ""These Paintings Have a Spirit": Voices Found in Childhood Artwork from Indian Residential Schools". University of Victoria. p. 3, 21, 33.