Chilliwack's Placenames

Bernard Elementary School 1961

Bernard Elementary

Bernard Elementary School is named after Bernard Avenue named for Bernard Corbould, brother of G.E. Corbould. The Corbould brothers owned property in the Chilliwack area.

Community: Chilliwack

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Photo Caption: View of Bernard Elementary, 1961. Bernard Elementary School was opened as a four-room school in October of 1957, with Mr. D. Bruce Prentice as the Principal.  Enrollment increased with the rapid expansion of the surrounding community, resulting in the addition of two rooms in 1961. [Chilliwack Museum and Archives photograph P3853]