Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.0The heritage near Elk Point: 12 places in a 100 km radius
Heritage of the first rank begins 49 km from Elk Point, in Bonnyville No. 87. Homes from before 1961 make up 16% of the stock, about the typical 18%.
Nearest to Elk Point: Fort de l'Isle, 24 km away
Within 100 km there are 12 in all. Cold Lake, Frenchman Butte No. 501 and St. Paul County No. 19 hold most of them, among 7 towns. The mix: 5 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 4 National Historic Sites and 3 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Fort de l'IsleProvincial historic resource · 24 km away, in St. Paul County No. 19 |
| Frog LakeNational Historic Site · 1885 · 41 km away, in Bonnyville No. 87 |
| Paint Creek HouseProvincial historic resource · 46 km away, in Vermilion River County |
| Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of St. MaryProvincial historic resource · 64 km away, in Two Hills County No. 21 |
| Hangar 1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1954–1955 · 70 km away, in Cold Lake |
| Hangar 2Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1953–1954 · 70 km away, in Cold Lake |
| Hangar 3Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1953–1954 · 70 km away, in Cold Lake |
| Hangar 4Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1954–1955 · 70 km away, in Cold Lake |
| Senior Non Commissioned Officer's Building B-30Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1954–1955 · 71 km away, in Cold Lake |
| Fort PittNational Historic Site · 1829–1831 · 82 km away, in Frenchman Butte No. 501 |
| Frenchman ButteNational Historic Site · 1885 · 92 km away, in Frenchman Butte No. 501 |
| Victoria DistrictNational Historic Site · 1863–2001 · 98 km away, in Smoky Lake County |
Near Elk Point (100 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years since 1946
The area here stretches to 100 km around Elk Point: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
Fort Pitt, in Frenchman Butte No. 501, is the oldest (1829). The bars count 9 dated places within 100 km. 2 are older than 1867.
No home in Elk Point dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
30% of Elk Point’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more than the typical town’s 23%. The busiest building years in Elk Point were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 42% of today’s homes. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 12% of Elk Point’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Elk Point in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 16% of the total, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
Questions about Elk Point’s history
How many historic places does Elk Point have on the registers?
Elk Point has none of its own yet. Fort de l'Isle, in St. Paul County No. 19, is the nearest, 24 km away.
How old are the homes in Elk Point?
16% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).