Shawnigan Lake School

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]

Shawnigan Lake School
Address
1975 Renfrew Road Shawnigan Lake , British Columbia , V8H 2G7 Canada
Coordinates	48.6573°N 123.6390°W / 48.6573; -123.6390
Information
School type	Private day and boarding
Motto	Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat (Let whoever has deserved the palm bear it)
Founded	1916
Headmaster	Richard 'Larry' Lamont
Staff	250
Grades	8–12
Enrollment	509
Language	English
Colour(s)	Black and gold
Mascot	Stag
Website	www.shawnigan.ca
Last updated: February 7, 2019

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

Location

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

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

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

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

Boarding houses

The school is primarily a boarding school, with 90% of its students attending the school as boarders. The school has six residences for boys and five 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.

Academics and athletics

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] Students are encouraged to try a variety of fine arts, selecting from a list of twenty options.^[4] Shawnigan has partnerships with Rugby Canada and Rowing Canada. In 2014, Shawnigan joined the Canadian Sport School Hockey League.^[5]

Headmasters

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

Rowing
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

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

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

Ice hockey

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

Main article: List of Shawnigan Lake School people

Notable alumni

Artists

• Robert Stewart Hyndman – artist
• Peter Saul – artist ^[20]

Athletes

• Eloise Blackwel – New Zealand Black Ferns^[21]
• Brett Beukeboom – Rugby Canada and Cornish Pirates
• Hannah Darling – Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medal, 2015 Pan American Games gold medal, women's rugby 7's Team Canada^[22][23]
• Eddie Evans – rugby player, prop for Canada national team, played 3 World Cups in 1987, 1991 and 1995
• George Hungerford – gold medal Olympian – rowing^[24]
• Josh Jackson – Rugby Canada player^{[25][citation needed][26]}
• John Lander – 1928 Olympic gold medalist, coxless four
• John Lecky – silver medal Olympian – rowing^[27]
• Kristopher McDaniel – Team Canada rower^[28]

Business

• Jim Shaw – CEO of Shaw Communications^{[citation needed]}

Entertainment

• Jon Kimura Parker – Order of Canada, concert pianist^[29]
• Tara Spencer-Nairn – actress, Corner Gas^[30]

Politics

• The Hon. Henry Pybus Bell-Irving – lt. governor of British Columbia^[31]
• Peter Ladner – Vancouver City Councillor^[32]
• Stephen D. Owen – former Member of Parliament
• Anthony Vincent – Canadian ambassador to Peru and later, to Spain^{[citation needed]}

Scholars and scientists

• Graham Anderson – scholar^[33]
• Dr. Barry F. Cooper – political scientist^[34]
• Dr. Steve Deering – computer scientist
• Dr. Roger Stanier – microbiologist^[35]

Notable staff

• Tom Brierley – cricketer
• James Robertson Justice – actor^{[citation needed]}

Affiliations

• The Anglican Church of Canada, diocese of British Columbia
• CAIS – Canadian Accredited Independent Schools
• NAIS – National Association of Independent Schools
• TABS – The Association of Boarding Schools
• FISA BC – Federation of Independent School Associations in British Columbia
• ISABC – Independent Schools Association of BC

References

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Bibliography

• 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

• Official website
• The Association of Boarding Schools
• Shawnigan Lake School - profile by TopPrivateSchools.ca