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A Killarney & District Timeline...
1879
Surveyed
1880
H. Knight built first house
1881
Municipality of Turtle Mountain formed
1883
First School Built
1884
Erskine presbyterian church first started services
1885
CPR reaches Killarney
1886
Lawlor opens first store; Olgilvie Milling Co. opens
first grain buying in area
1887
Methodist Church built (now the United Church)
1888
George Harrison builds first grain elevator
1889
Electric Lights come to Killarney
1890
Population 200; Holy Trinity Church built
1903
Incorporated as a village
1906
Incorporated as a town
1908
Telephone arrives
1910
Town Hall built
1920
Golf Course construction begins
1930 Manitoba
Hydro arrives
1948
First Hospital is built
1957
Lakeview Senior Home is built
1959
First Library established
1960
Museum created
1993
Population 2136; 40% seniors
1994
Official opening of the Front Nine at Killarney Golf Course
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