St. Paul's was Metro Vancouver's only residential school, located in present-day North Vancouver, next to the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh community of Eslhá7an. School described as a 'death-trap' and a 'fire-trap'According to the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, two children were hospitalized with smallpox in 1929. "My dad went to St. Paul's Indian Residential School." Residential school survivor Jason Nahanee created a memorial at the former St. Paul’s Indian Residential School site after the discovery of unmarked graves in Kamloops, B.C. A national Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former students and those affected.

Source: CBC News August 10, 2021 17:54 UTC