[1] The residential school was located on 153 acres on the east side of Chapleau near the Nebskwashi River.

[2] School was ultimately built on the 1,184 site plus two small parcels purchased from Chapleau businessman James McNiece Austin.

Chapleau Cree First Nation has since worked to put a fence around the cemetery and install a commemorative plaque that lists twenty eight names of those who are known to have died at the School.

[5] As part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's missing children residential school cemetery project, archeologists identified 42 grave sites in the cemetery associated with the newer St. John's Residential School building that operated from 1920 to 1948.

[2] As at residential schools across Canada, students at St. John's were forbidden from speaking their traditional Indigenous languages, and harsh punishments were used.

That year, over 150 people traveled to Chapleau to voice their complaints over the cruelty and neglect of the children at the school.