Coordinates: 47°43′N 80°20′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
Generally known as Elk City at the time, it wasn’t until 1908 that civilized accommodation in the form of houses, hotels and boarding rooms were established.
ElkLake did not, as is commonly thought, grow out of the Hudson’s Bay Company, quite the contrary.
Residents and entrepreneurs of Elk City soon saw the need to lobby Provincial Government to have the TandNO railway come to the town, and after more than eight years of discussions, finally their efforts were rewarded, in February 1913 when the first train steamed into the streets of ElkLake.
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