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Daerwood Park- Selkirk’s Ambitious Riverside Cottage Community

Heritage Highlights, NewsBy Emily AntonioAugust 21, 2026

Daerwood Park was a development proposed by the Selkirk Land and Investment Company founded in 1904. Their vision focused on developing the northern half of Sugar Point into an exclusive summer cottage community. However, the site experienced recurring natural challenges in the form of floodwaters.

Photo of 213 Dorchester Avenue. The photo shows the two level home with a large front porch that doubles as a sunroom. The second floor has depicts two windows on the two visible sides of the hosue.

Benson House

Historic HousesBy City of Selkirk StaffAugust 9, 2021

A variety of early house designs can be seen in one block on this street.

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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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