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Mortgage Burning Parties

Heritage Highlights, NewsBy Emily KarklinJuly 29, 2022

Before the Great Depression, short-term home loans meant families prioritized paying them off quickly—and celebrated with a “mortgage burning party.” Discover the fascinating history of this forgotten tradition and how Selkirk’s own Curling Club marked the milestone in 1974.

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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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