Sault Collegiate Institute was a public
secondary school
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in
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie ( ) is a city in northern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of the St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario), St. Mary's River directly across from its "twin city," Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Sault Ste. Marie, in the state of Mich ...
. It was founded in 1902 as Sault Collegiate High School and closed as a public secondary school in 1981. It was converted to an elementary French immersion school which closed in 1995. The school building was demolished in 2001 to make room for the Collegiate Heights Retirement Residence, which is now located on the site.
Famous alumni include
Governor General
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David Lloyd Johnston, former Member of Parliament, artist
Ken Danby
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and judge
Terry Murphy and
Benny Cooperman author
Howard Engel
Howard Engel CM (April 2, 1931 – July 16, 2019) was a Canadian mystery author and CBC producer who resided in Toronto, Ontario. He was famous for his Benny Cooperman detective series, set in the Niagara Region in and around the city of Grant ...
got his start, in the 1950s, at the school teaching English and social studies.
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Former schools in Ontario