Elkhorn, Manitoba
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Elkhorn Post Office
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 Elkhorn
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| Coordinates: 49°58′32″N 101°14′22″W / 49.97556°N 101.23944°WCoordinates: 49°58′32″N 101°14′22″W / 49.97556°N 101.23944°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Manitoba
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| Region | Westman Region |
| Census Division | No. 6 |
| Established, | 1882 |
| Incorporated | 1906 |
| Amalgamated | January 1, 2015 |
| Government | |
| • MP | Larry Maguire |
| • MLA | Doyle Piwniuk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.73 km2 (1.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 500 m (1,640 ft) |
| Population (2006 Census) | |
| • Total | 461 |
| • Density | 168.9/km2 (437/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) |
| Postal Code | R0M 0N0 |
| Area code(s) | 204 |
| Demonym | Elkhornite |
| NTS Map | 062F14 |
| GNBC Code | GAHPW |
| Website | Former Village of Elkhorn |
Elkhorn is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Wallace – Woodworth within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015. It was originally incorporated as a village on January 2, 1906. Elkhorn is located approximately 105 kilometres west of Brandon.
The community was first settled when the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived in 1882. In the CPR survey Elkhorn is located at mile sixty-four west of Brandon, in what was known as the Broadview subdivision. The Post Office Department appointed John McLeod, one of the district's first settlers, to be the community's first post master and the post office opened December 1, 1883. A board of trade was organized in April 1899 and lobbied for further settlement in the community and surrounding municipality, better infrastructure, and improvement of commerce. It was responsible for the establishment of the first fire brigade in 1901, which became the responsibility of the Village of Elkhorn when it incorporated in 1906. In 1948 the board was reorganized and renamed the Elkhorn and District Chamber of Commerce.
The first settlers in the district came from well established communities in Eastern Canada or Britain and quickly recognized the necessity of public education. The community opened the first school February 5, 1885 as School District 366. The population rapidly outgrew the facility and the community sold it in 1892. The building still stands as a private residence. A larger school built of field stone was completed in 1895 and all subsequent schools have been built on the same grounds.
The growing population continued to require more space and an even larger brick school was built in 1910. Eventually even this new school had to split its auditorium into two classrooms and create a third additional room in the basement. Only elementary school was taught in the building after a collegiate was opened in 1959. Elkhorn School District 366 was absorbed into the Fort La Bosse School Division November 10, 1971. The institution again changed appearance in 1976 when the brick school was demolished and a new elementary wing and gymnasium were added to the collegiate.
Today the school is home to approximately 170 students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
Established to keep an impressive private collection of antique cars in Manitoba, the Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum now houses a wide variety of artifacts and documents that are integral to the history of the community, an array of early farm machinery and implements in addition to the primary collection.
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