The author of Selkirk: The First Hundred Years, Barry Potyondi, described the town’s inception as “Born of the railway and nurtured by the sea.” Both facts wax poetically of two economic influences that led to the development of the town.
Before there were institutional banks in communities across Canada, people had to barter or exchange goods and services to acquire what they could not produce for themselves.
Funding from the Selkirk Heritage Endowment Fund (SHEF) now funds more than the Marine Museum, it’s allowed the city to have a dedicated staff person for its online museum, and that has generated a lot of traffic to the site.
On August 28, 1964, his Grace George B. Flahiff, Archbishop of Winnipeg blessed a new Notre Dame Roman Catholic Church at 269 Jemima Street.
Named the Alexandra, Selkirk’s first indoor ice arena was built in 1907 on Fox Avenue not too far from Main Street.
Explore the complex history of the 1817 Peguis-Selkirk Treaty—a highly debated land agreement between Lord Selkirk and Indigenous leaders that has faced centuries of conflicting interpretations over land ownership versus land sharing
Explore the profound history of the St. Peter’s Reserve—from its origins as a thriving, wealthy agricultural community led by Chief Peguis to the illegal 1907 surrender that uprooted its people.
The City of Selkirk’s museum, is alive and well, and connecting generations through real-life memories that are suddenly once again vivid.
The Manitoba Rolling Mills Company Limited first began in 1907 on Logan Avenue in Winnipeg and moved to Selkirk in 1913.
The Manitoba Rolling Mills is one of the oldest businesses in Selkirk. Read about its history from WW2 to present day.