Elva
In 1885, James R. Skelton is registered as homesteading NW 18-3-27. In
1891 he agreed to sell a said amount of land to the Canadian Pacific
Railway for right of way. In 1891 an unincorporated village was started
in the Municipality of Arthur. Mr. James Wesley Modeland was registered
as home- stead NE 6-4-27 and as the first white child born to the
Modelands was named Elva, this was the name chosen for the village.
In 1892 the Souris-Estevan railway line was completed and records show
that Elva was first served by a portable station. In the early 1920's a
station with living quarters was built and in 1924 a freight shed was
added on the east end of the station.
In 1892, Mr. Archibald moved the Post Office from his nearby farm to
the village of Elva.
In 1904 Elva had a population of 100 and by 1908 had risen to 150.
Area
Elva Village
Renwick House
Elva
153.C.1.
1905
Previously owned by Dave McCannell
Concrete block construction.
Lake of the Woods Elevator
Elva
153.D.1.
ca. 1895
Lake of the Woods Milling Co.
Merged with Ogilvie ca. 1950’s
Manitoba Pool purchased it in 1959
New foundation ca. 1950
Oldest standing elevator in Canada
U.G.G. Elevator
Elva
153.D.2.
Elva had four elevators in the early 1900’s.
Former Elva School
Elva
153. E.1
1965
GPS: N49.21649, W101.11817.
Elva School District was formally established in May 1892 and a school
was erected northwest of Elva in the late 1890s. It was moved into Elva
in 1898 and, four years later, replaced by a larger, two-storey frame
building, located at N49.21649, W101.11817. A new elementary school was
built in 1965. It closed in 1974 due to school consolidation. Its
former location is marked by a monument.
Brockinton Site
36-1-29
153. F.1
400AD on
GPS: N49.20112, W101.03352
Bison Pound and First Nations Camps
This site is a late prehistoric site from the Blackduck phase. It has
been occupied periodically over the past 1600 years. Archeological
excavations have been done at the site. A nationally designated
historic site,
Bison bones can still be found on the river bank.
Brockinton House
10-3-27
153. G.2
1895
GPS: N49.20112, W101.03352
Pioneer W.T. Brockinton built this compact stone house close to the
Souris River.
Brockinton Barn
10-3-27
153.G.3
ca. 1915
GPS: N49.20112, W101.03352
Percy Brockinton had contractor Albert Bird build this large barn
erected overlooking the4 Souris River.
Elva Area Shelterbelts
18-3-27
153. M.2
1930’s
GPS: 49* 7.109’N 101* 17.690’W
Many farms in the Elva region still retain shelterbelts like these,
just south of the Village.
Village of Elva
153.M.1.
1891 – with the arrival of the CPR.
From the plaque:
“An incorporated village was founded in 1891……The town was
named after Elva Modeland, the first white child born in the area.”
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