From the Minutes of the Town of Elk Point

This section of our site begins a series of timelines drawn from the Village and Town minutes during the 1960s by Velma Andrishak. She went through the minutes and found many interesting items with dates and organized the information into various categories. We hope someone will extend these timelines to give us all a better when, where and how the Town of Elk Point developed. 

Here are links to many of the timelines drawn from the Town minutes and as the original authors thought they really highlight a decade of progress from 1957 to 1967 for the Town and the community at large:

Town Feb 3 1962  Town of Elk Point formed
New Town Hall 1965 - 66  
Water and Sewer 1967 - 68 Contracts were let for the sewage lagoon, water reservoir and water storage tank 
Fire Protection June 1 1957 A new $15000 fire truck was bought
Law and Order 1966 RCMP were established and old town hall rented as a court house
Health   Nurses home was built
  1965 Town entered the Health Unit
  1966 Water was chlorinated. Floridation bylaw passed
Communication 1962 New Post Office built 
  1961 Sun Publishing started The Elk Point Hunter
  1963 Telephone extended to Lindbergh
Civil Defense 1960s Civil Defense Unit was started. Several exercises were held
Recreation 1961 New Curling Rink started 
  1965 Elks Hall built
Welfare 1959 Support given to Senior Citizens Home in St Paul and Nursing Home in Bonnyville
Library 1967 New Library in conjunction with Town was built in 1965 - 1966 (Centennial Grant)
  1966 Library services extended to residents of County
School 1955 Elk Point entered the St Paul School Division, later the County
  1956 1966 Two new schools built
Sports  1966 Sunday Sports allowed
  1966 Sports booth built
  1965 Skating rink moved and improved
Special Events 1967 Centennial Year celebrated
  1967 Highlight Voyageur Canoe Pagent May 31 1967
Light and Power 1939  
Gas    
Town Projects 1950s  
Seniors Home 1960s  
Elk Point Hospital    
Park and Playgrounds 1960s  
Building Permits