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  • About
  • Exhibits
    • People
    • Places
    • Events
  • Tours
    • Streets of Selkirk
    • Historic Houses
    • Manitoba Avenue
  • Timeline
    • Selkirk Councils 1882-Present
    • The Beginning 1882 – 1883
    • Head of Inland Navigation 1884 – 1910
    • A New Industrial Era 1911-1928
    • Bitter Lessons 1929-1946
    • The Modern Town 1947-1979
    • Shifting Tides 1980-2010
    • Recent Years 2011-Present
  • Heritage Highlights
  • Support
    • Selkirk Heritage Endowment Fund
    • Donor’s Wall
    • Donate Today
  • Collection

Monthly Archives: November 2021

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Photo shows the historic Selkirk bridge. Also known as the "Blue Bridge". The bridge connects Selkirk and East Selkirk

Lessons Learned: Selkirk During the Great Depression

Heritage Highlights, NewsBy Ellie LongbottomNovember 24, 2021

The 1929 Wall Street crash initially went unnoticed in Selkirk, but by mid-1930, the gloom of the Great Depression took hold. Discover how the community navigated severe layoffs, created vital “make-work” projects like the historic Selkirk Bridge, and ultimately found a path back to prosperity

Headshot picture of one of the Dufferin Gang members named Jack Norquay.

We Will Remember Them – The Dufferin Gang

News, Heritage HighlightsBy Ellie LongbottomNovember 11, 2021

In 1939, 31 close-knit neighbors from Selkirk’s Dufferin Avenue enlisted together to fight in World War II. Discover the remarkable story of “The Dufferin Gang”—a lifelong bond of childhood friends turned wartime heroes whose legacy deeply shaped our community.

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We would like to acknowledge that we are in Treaty 1 territory and that the land on which we gather is the traditional gathering place of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Red River Métis Nation.

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