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The World in 1882 Happy 140th birthday Selkirk! The world was a very different place in 1882. Queen Victoria was on the British throne and on March 2nd she survived an assassination attempt while boarding a train in Windsor. On March 24th Robert Koch discovered tubercle bacillus, the bacteria which causes tuberculosis. In the US,…
History Uncovered History is all around us, in the way we speak, the places we go, and the homes we live in. This was especially true for one of the oldest houses in Selkirk. This house was made from logs, carved wooden pegs and hand-made nails, and was built in 1870 on Pacific Ave. just…
Selkirk’s Parks The City of Selkirk has seven beautiful parks to visit and with all the cold winter weather we have experienced this past season, they are the perfect places to explore! The seven parks in Selkirk are: Little Lake Park Murray Sinclair Park Selkirk Park Red Feather Farm Veterans Memorial Gardens Penwarden Park Queen’s…
Selkirk Prospers Just like any other town, money makes a community grow. When it’s in great supply, the town thrives. This is exactly what happened to Selkirk at the end of the Great Depression. Once the post-war boom hit town, Selkirk did not hold back on trying to expand and grow. Farming was one of…
The sixth annual Noventis Credit Union Evening of History, a City of Selkirk initiative, and fundraiser for the Selkirk Heritage Endowment Fund (SHEF), will be held this year on May 11 at Memorial Hall. “The event is growing and we’re in a time of respecting our distances, so it was fitting to hold this year’s…
This peculiar chair found tucked away in the City of Selkirk council chambers has been an oddity for passersby to gawk at for many years. Staff and council have no idea how long it’s been sitting there and had little context behind its significance. Accompanying the chair has a note that reads “Horn Chair –…
Ruth Hooker was born Ruth Caroline Moody and was the youngest of four. The Moody home — the big, square, yellow house on North Main Street —was bought by her family in 1900 and it was there that she was born on June 19th of the same year. Mrs. Purvis told her many times that…
Selkirk is home to numerous beautiful parks that are the cornerstones of our city. These parks were not always used as a recreation space but have a storied history of the hardships, bravery, and innovations of a proud community. Red Feather Farm located on 163 Edstan Place was home to the 108th Selkirk & Manitoba…
The financial chaos that was rocking Wall Street October 29, 1929 seemed to go unnoticed in Selkirk. More than a week later, “The Weekly Record” published a brief article that chastised the foolish speculators who had been buy stocks on the margin. It all seemed so remote, no one in town had any idea of…
In the early 1900s Dufferin Avenue was a very close-knit street. The children on the block would always be playing together, developing a bond which would last a lifetime. In 1939 Canada declared war on Germany and the residents of Selkirk responded as if the war was happening outside of their door. A locally famous…