Elk Point

Elk Point is a town situated in east-focal Alberta, Canada. It is situated on Highway 41. Various oil related organizations have situated in Elk Point. Horticulture is likewise critical in the Elk Point zone. Elk Point is situated on the North Saskatchewan River which was a hide exchange course. Both the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company had posts on the stream close Elk Point. Alberta Culture has constructed an interpretive focus close to the remaining parts of Fort George and Buckingham House.

There is a vast cut statue of Peter Fidler a figure from hide exchange days close Elk Point and a wall painting of Elk Point history close to the town focus. The Iron Horse Trail, a rail trail, is adjacent. Elk Point was a hide exchanging post in the hide exchange days. The Town of Elk Point's 2012 civil statistics checked a populace of 1,571, a 3.9% expansion over its 2007 city evaluation populace of 1,512. In the 2011 Census, the Town of Elk Point had a populace of 1,412 living in 572 of its 619 aggregate homes, a - 5% change from its 2006 populace of 1,487. With a land zone of 4.88 km2 1.88 sq mi, it had a populace thickness of 289.3/km2 749.4/sq mi in 2011.