Inspired by the craze for the Paddlewheel boats competitors quickly had other river boats made. These three boats were all motorships, and bore the name M.S. River Rouge, M.S. Lady Winnipeg, and M.S. Lord Selkirk II.
Five boats ruled the Red River from the late 1960s to 1990s. These five boats were the Paddlewheel Queen, the Paddlewheel Princess, M.S. River Rouge, M.S. Lady Winnipeg, and M.S. Lord Selkirk II.
For almost a century, Gilhuly’s Drug Store was a landmark on Eveline Street, making it one of Selkirk’s oldest and longest family-run businesses.
From a WWI soldier and long-time mental health hospital farm manager to a dedicated civic leader, discover the remarkable life and public legacy of former Selkirk Mayor Benjamin Massey.
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.
Before there were institutional banks in communities across Canada, people had to barter or exchange goods and services to acquire what they could not produce for themselves.
Funding from the Selkirk Heritage Endowment Fund (SHEF) now funds more than the Marine Museum, it’s allowed the city to have a dedicated staff person for its online museum, and that has generated a lot of traffic to the site.
On August 28, 1964, his Grace George B. Flahiff, Archbishop of Winnipeg blessed a new Notre Dame Roman Catholic Church at 269 Jemima Street.
Named the Alexandra, Selkirk’s first indoor ice arena was built in 1907 on Fox Avenue not too far from Main Street.
Explore the complex history of the 1817 Peguis-Selkirk Treaty—a highly debated land agreement between Lord Selkirk and Indigenous leaders that has faced centuries of conflicting interpretations over land ownership versus land sharing