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The
Town of Eckville is a small rural
family-friendly agricultural community
Eckville, originally known as
Kootuk, moved to its present location when the Canadian Northern Western
Railway (now Canadian National) built its line to Rocky Mountain House
in 1912. The community was ultimately named after its original landowner
Arthur E.T. Eckford.
Incorporated as a village in 1921, Eckville became a town in 1966. One
of the town's claim to fame is that Olympic skeleton sled racer Melissa
Hollingsworth went to school in the community.
Population
1,002 (2007)
municipal census
951 (2006)
Canada census
48 km west of Red Deer,
25 km west of Sylvan Lake,
189 km
southwest of Edmonton and
193 km northwest of Calgary
Box 578, 5023 - 51 Avenue,
Eckville, Alberta T0M 0X0
403-746-2171
admin@eckville.com
Transportation: Hwy. 11; CN Railway
Education: Wolf Creek School Division
Hometown of Olympian Melissa Hollingsworth-Richards
History: village 1920, town 1966
website:
http://www.eckville.com/
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ECKVILLE
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Population 1,002 (2007)
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