Selkirk has a vast amount of places where people have been able to unwind, explore, and enjoy themselves over the years. Explore what Selkirk has to offer such as parks, historical homes, buildings, and the popular pool. Take a tour, stay for a while.
The Selkirk Museum celebrates the Royal Canadian Legion’s history through The Forty-Second Branch, a book written by Malcolm Macfarlane in 1977. Macfarlane faced challenges in researching the Legion’s first fifty years due to incomplete records, relying on colorful memories from its members. The book captures the Legion’s formation, successes, struggles, and contributions to Selkirk.
By 1939 it was becoming obvious that war was a real possibility, and it fueled the patriotism of every Legion member. Many members were frustrated by being too old to return to war to defend their country.
Built in 1896 along Eaton Avenue, this historic three-story school was completely gutted by a devastating fire in 1906. Reconstructed with a lower profile and much-anticipated open-trough fire escapes, it served generations of students as a central educational hub and later housed the local library before its final demolition in 1972.
Tracing its roots back to an inspiring $1,000 Methodist fundraising campaign in 1877, Selkirk United Church evolved from a rough-and-raucous “travel-through town” mission into a cornerstone of community activism. Explore its journey through the historic church union of 1925, the legendary civic-holiday Sunday School picnics, and over a century of enduring spiritual and social legacy.
Rising 40 metres above the community, the Selkirk Water Tower is much more than a piece of municipal infrastructure—it is a landmark rich with history. From the town’s first pressurized waterworks system in 1906 and a “bilious green” 1960s Watersphere, to an award-winning modern redesign and a vibrant 2025 heritage mural, explore the evolution of Selkirk’s most visible civic icon.
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.
Two brothers in Selkirk, Gideon and Garnet Shepard, endured the ups and downs of owning their own business in downtown Selkirk.
Shiffman’s General Store, located at 238 Manitoba Avenue, was opened by Ben and Annie Shiffman after fleeing widespread pogroms in Russia. Operating for decades as a vital community hub, the family-run business provided essential dry goods, groceries, and friendly service to generations of Selkirk residents.
This house dates back to at least 1890 and is believed that Captain Roderick Smith was the first owner.
Discover the history of Southward School, built on Main Street in 1907, where classrooms were famously heated by potbelly stoves. Explore its 1950 transformation into Daerwood School—named after Lord Selkirk’s elder brother, Lord Daer—and its generations of dedication to local education.