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Picture of James Colcleugh

Colcleugh Ave

Streets of SelkirkBy City of Selkirk Staff and ContributorsDecember 28, 2017

The Birth of Selkirk Colcleugh Avenue is named for Selkirk’s first Mayor and founder, James Colcleugh. As a contractor on the telegraph line between Rat Portage and Manitoba, Colcleugh reached a spot tentatively called “Selkirk” which was to be “the crossing” of the Red River. The location was just a mark on a railway map…

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