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Shawnigan Lake School
Address
Map
1975 Renfrew Road

Shawnigan Lake
,
British Columbia
,
V0R 2W1

Canada
Coordinates48°39′26″N 123°38′20″W / 48.6573°N 123.6390°W / 48.6573; -123.6390
Information
School typePrivate Day and Boarding
MottoPalmam Qui Meruit Ferat
(Let whoever has deserved the palm bear it)
Founded1916
HeadmasterRichard 'Larry' Lamont
Staff250
Grades8–12
Enrollment509
LanguageEnglish
Colour(s)    Black and Gold
MascotStag
Websitewww.shawnigan.ca

Last updated: February 7, 2019

Shawnigan Lake School is a co-educational independent boarding school located on Vancouver Island in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded by Englishman Christopher Windley "C. W." Lonsdale in 1916 and was partly modelled after the Westminster School in England.[1]

Located on 270 acres of lakefront property, the campus has 35 buildings including 11 boarding houses, an observatory, an ice arena, a crew house, grass rugby pitches, water-based field hockey turf, a Growing Dome, and a fish hatchery.

The school's Latin motto, Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat, means "Let whosoever deserves the palm bear it."

Location[edit]

Shawnigan Lake School

Shawnigan Lake School was built along Shawnigan Lake and occupies a wooded 270-acre (1.1 km2) property. It is near the village Shawnigan Lake.

Students[edit]

As of September 2021, the student body at Shawnigan Lakes School consists of 520 students representing 27 countries with 430 students residing on campus in the boarding houses, making it a boarding school with the largest number of full-time boarders in Canada. Day students constitute 10 percent of the student body. Students come from all over the world, with 20% from International locations, 15% from the United States, 15% from other Canadian Provinces and 50% of students being from British Columbia.[2]

Current campus[edit]

Shawnigan has approximately 35 buildings on its campus which includes classrooms, dormitories (and staff housing), a theatre, an ice hockey arena, and several sports fields.

  • Shawnigan Lake School Campus
    Shawnigan Lake School Campus
  • Shawnigan Lake School's Olsen and Craig Buildings
    Shawnigan Lake School's Olsen and Craig Buildings
  • Shawnigan Lake School's Jim and Kathryn Shaw Library
    Shawnigan Lake School's Jim and Kathryn Shaw Library

Boarding Houses[edit]

The school is primarily a boarding school with 90% of its students attending the school as boarders. The school currently has 6 residences for boys and 5 residences for girls. Each boarding house has a house director (formerly called the housemaster) and an assistant house director, who is assisted by student house prefects in the management of house duties and issues.

Copeman's House: Founded in September 1929 and named for John Y. Copeman, a Victoria lawyer who was chairman of the Board of Governors for many years. The original building, which housed 90 boys and had its own kitchen and dining room, mysteriously burned to the ground one night in the autumn of 1968. The current dorm was built in 2005.

Duxbury House: Founded in September 1999 and named after Frank Duxbury, a teacher who was Senior Master at the school during the 1950s and early ’60s.

Groves' House: Founded in September 1927, “Groves’” was named after Jocelyn James Douglas Groves, its first head of the house, who rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the British Army. Groves’ was converted to a girls' residence in 1992. Groves’ House was rebuilt in 2004.

Kaye's House: Founded in September 1989 as the second girls’ house, it was named to honour G. Peter Kaye, the school's second headmaster, whose sons and grandsons also attended the school.

Lake's House: One of the two original houses, “Lake’s” was founded on May 12, 1927. “Lake’s” was named after Harry John Lake, its first head of the house, who later became a colonel in the Canadian Army. Col. Lake's uncle, Sir Percy Lake, was the first Chief of the Canadian General Staff and served as chairman of the Board of Governors, while the Colonel's father was Sir Richard Lake, sometime Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan.

Lonsdale's House: Founded in September 1968 and named for Christopher Windley Lonsdale, Shawnigan's first and founding headmaster. “Lonsdale’s” moved into a new building in March 2007.

Renfrew House: Established in September 1996 in order to expand the space for girls wishing to enroll at the school.

Ripley's House: One of the two original houses, “Ripley’s” was founded on May 12, 1927, and was named after its first Head of House, Alexander 'Alec' B. Ripley.

Strathcona House: Founded in 2007 and named to mark Shawnigan's long association with Strathcona Lodge School, a defunct girls’ school in Shawnigan Lake which closed its doors in 1977. Shawnigan has since adopted the former 'Old Girls' of 'Strath' as honorary Shawnigan alumnae to incorporate earlier generations of women from Strathcona Lodge School alumnae within the ranks of Shawnigan's current alumni.

Stanton House: Founded in September 2019 to house the Grade 8 girls. Stanton is named after the first school nurse at Shawnigan, Eleanor Stanton who worked there from 1918 to 1962.

Levien House: Founded in September 2020 to house the Grade 8 boys after the success of Stanton House. Named after a dedicated and dynamic member of staff from the 1920-1930s, Captain 'Tiny' Levien was a colleague of Stanton. He introduced Rugby to Shawnigan and taught the younger boys.

Former[edit]

School House: Founded in September 1988 as the inaugural girls’ residence in the School, named after its unique position in a refurbished wing of the School's main building, School House was replaced in 2007 by Strathcona Lodge School House.

Academics[edit]

Shawnigan's academic program is university preparatory. Shawnigan was ranked by the Fraser Institute in 2017 as 11th out of 253 British Columbian Secondary Schools based on a score of 9.3/10 for academic achievements.[3]

Fine arts[edit]

Students are encouraged to try a variety of Fine Arts, selecting from a list of twenty options.[4]

Athletics[edit]

Shawnigan has partnerships with Rugby Canada and Rowing Canada.

In 2014, Shawnigan joined the Canadian Sport School Hockey League.[5]

Headmasters[edit]

Year Name
1916–1952 C. W. Lonsdale
1952–1958 G. Peter Kaye
1958–1967 Edward R. 'Ned' Larsen
1967–1968 Lachlan Patrick 'Pat' MacLachlan, Acting
1968 Brian S. Powell
1968–1972 Lachlan Patrick 'Pat' MacLachlan
1972 The Rev. Canon William Hamilton Horace McClelland, M.B.E. Acting
1972–1975 Hugh C. Wilkinson
1975–1978 The Rev. Canon William Hamilton Horace McClelland, M.B.E.
1978–1983 Darrell John Farrant
1983–1984 Derek William Hyde-Lay, Acting
1984–1989 Douglas J. 'Doug' Campbell
1989–1990 Derek William Hyde-Lay
1990–2000 Simon C. Bruce-Lockhart
2000-2018 David Robertson
2018-Current Richard 'Larry' Lamont

School athletic championships[edit]

Rowing[edit]
2013 Canadian Champions Jr. Men's Eight
Jr. Men's Coxed Four
2011 Canadian Champions Sr. Men's Lwt. Eight
Sr. Men's Lwt. Pair
2010 Canadian Champions Sr. Women's Double
2009 Canadian Champions Sr. Women's Eights
Sr. Men's Four
Jr. Women's Lwt. Pair
2008 Henley Royal Regatta Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup[6]
Canadian Champions Sr. Men's Eight[7]
Sr. Men's Four
2007 Canadian Champions Jr. Men's Eights[8]
2006 Canadian Champions Jr. Men's Eights[9]
2005 Canadian Champions Sr. Women's Four[10]
Sr. Men's Four[10]
Sr. Men's Eight[10]
2004 Canadian Champions Sr. Men's Four[11]
Sr. Women's Four[11]
Sr. Men's Eight[11]
2003 Canadian Champions Jr. Men's Four[12]
2002 Canadian Champions Sr. Women's Pair[13]
Jr. Men's Eights[13]
2001 Canadian Champions Sr. Men's Four[14]

(Note: championships exist pre-2001 to the founding.)

Rugby union[edit]

BC AAAA Boys Rugby Champions - 2019 BC AAAA Boys Rugby Champions - 2017 BC AAA Junior Boys Rugby Champions - 2017 Junior Boys Rugby 7s Champions – 2016
BC AAA Junior Boys Rugby Champions – 2016
Girls CAIS Rugby Champions – 2016
BC Girls AA Rugby Champions – 2016
Senior Boys CAIS Rugby Champions – 2016
BC Boys AAAA Rugby Champions – 2016
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2015
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2013
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2012
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2011
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2010
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2009[15]
Boys CAIS National Rugby Champions – 2008[16]
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 1998[17]
BC Girls AA Rugby Champions – 1997
BC Girls AA Rugby Champions – 1996
[18][19][15]

Field hockey[edit]

BC Girls AAA Sr. Field Hockey Champions – 2014
BC Girls AA Field Hockey Champions – 2011

Ice hockey[edit]

CSSHL Midget Varsity Champions – Boy's Midget Varsity – 2016
CSSHL Midget Varsity Champions – Boy's Midget Varsity – 2015

(Note: championships exist pre-1996 to the founding.)

Notable people[edit]

Main article: List of Shawnigan Lake School people

Notable alumni[edit]

Artists[edit]

Athletes[edit]

Business[edit]

Entertainment[edit]

Politics[edit]

Scholars and scientists[edit]

Notable staff[edit]

Affiliations[edit]

References[edit]

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Bibliography[edit]

  • Rough Diamond: An Oral History of Shawnigan Lake School (ISBN 0-9696005-0-X) by Jay Connolly.
  • The Handbook of Canadian Boarding Schools, by Lafortune, Sylvie, Thomson, Ashley, p. 115

External links[edit]

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