Regular blog posts on the history of Selkirk as well as news, events and opportunities to support the Museum.
The Selkirk School District was created in December 1878. In 1882, when Selkirk was incorporated as a town, there was one school. It was a small log school that held classes by day and hosted events and city council meetings by evening.
On April 6th, 1936, the Selkirk Journal commenced publication. It ran eight issues before closing in May. On October 6th, 1938, it was restarted.
Selkirk’s first newspaper was the Selkirk Inter-Ocean.
For almost 50 years Bjarni Dalman was an important member of the Icelandic community in Selkirk.
In August 2003, 60,000 spectators descended on Selkirk to watch the 2003 Western Canada Summer Games. It was the largest event ever hosted within the Interlake. Throughout the planning years and during the 10 days of the event, friendships were formed among volunteers and athletes.
Inspired by the craze for the Paddlewheel boats competitors quickly had other river boats made. These three boats were all motorships, and bore the name M.S. River Rouge, M.S. Lady Winnipeg, and M.S. Lord Selkirk II.
Five boats ruled the Red River from the late 1960s to 1990s. These five boats were the Paddlewheel Queen, the Paddlewheel Princess, M.S. River Rouge, M.S. Lady Winnipeg, and M.S. Lord Selkirk II.
For almost a century, Gilhuly’s Drug Store was a landmark on Eveline Street, making it one of Selkirk’s oldest and longest family-run businesses.
Ruth Hooker (nee Moody) was born in Selkirk on June 19, 1900, to Richard Cobden Moody (commonly known as RC) and Hester Adeline Moody (nee Moore).
Evening of History set for May 9; will you be there? 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. The question now is,…