Eckville History
Eckville History
The name Eckville commemorates Arthur E.T. Eckford. The original landowner of “Old Eckville”. Mr. Eckford immigrated from Ireland to the district in 1902. In 1905 he donated land for a store and a post office. By 1908 the Hamlet included a hotel, cheese factory, blacksmith shop and a school across the river. In 1912 when the Canadian National Railroad completed its one-and-a-half-mile line south of Eckville, the citizens and businesses moved to establish “New Eckville” at its present location.