[6] Eckville relocated to its current location in 1912, after the Canadian Northern Railway completed its local line.

The current location on the Canadian Northern Railway was briefly known as Kootuk, but the name Eckville prevailed.

The town is relatively close to Sylvan Lake and many students from Eckville attend schools there.

Eckville Junior/Senior High School attracted national attention in 1984 when history teacher and vice-principal James Keegstra was charged under the Criminal Code of Canada for teaching his students antisemitic material, including Holocaust denial.

His appeals eventually reached the Supreme Court of Canada in 1990, where his conviction was upheld in R v Keegstra.