[2] It operated near the Fraser River for nearly two decades, then moved further uphill in 1882 to make room for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
[4] The complex also featured a bakery, a tennis court used by the priests and nuns, an automotive shop for vehicle repairs and vocational training for the boys, a farm that included equipment, root cellar, resources, silo, slaughterhouse, pig and bull pens, dairy and milking barn where prize-winning Holsteins were raised by the priests and the boys, a laundry house run by the nuns and students and an older boxing gym and a newer gymnasium built in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
[4] A grotto dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, first built in 1892, became the site of yearly pilgrimages, religious ceremonies, and passion plays.
[4] In its early days, the school emphasized academics and Catholic catechism, but its focus shifted to agricultural and industrial skills.
In 2001, the Mission Indian Friendship Centre provided funds to build a covered picnic shelter in the park.
Fraser Valley Aboriginal Child and Family Services (Xyolhemeylh) also operates out of the building as well as various community initiatives like a daycare, and self-defense classes.
[1] In 2021, the Stó:lō Nation announced a three-year study of the likelihood of unmarked graves at Fraser Valley residential schools, including around the cemetery in Mission.
[12] Although no progress had been made, a memorial house post carving was erected at the Pekw'Xe:yles Indian Reserve to honor victims of abuse and those that passed away.