History
In 1908 the Vermilion Board of Trade lobbied the provincial government for a demonstration farm and/or agricultural college. In 1911, the provincial government purchased land near seven Alberta communities including just west of the Vermilion townsite. The Vermilion farm became the Vermilion School of Agriculture (VSA) in 1913. On November 17, 1913 VSA was the first of three agricultural colleges to be opened that year. The other schools were in Olds and Claresholm.
The first class had 34 students, all male. By March home economics courses had been added and female students also came to VSA.
In the 1960s with the rise in vocational training, the college's name was changed to Vermilion Agricultural and Vocational College. It changed again to simply Vermilion College. When both the Alberta and Saskatchewan governments begin promoting regional facilities, Vermilion College became Lakeland College in 1975. It was established as Canada's first, and to date only, interprovincial college with regional campuses in eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan. Today only the Vermilion and Lloydminster campuses remain.
Lakeland College Emergency Training Centre (formerly the Alberta Fire Training School and then fire etc.) is located adjacent to the Vermilion campus. The facility originally opened in 1959 as the Fire Officers Training School.
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