The Mitchel Grain Company opened a new grain elevator

The stock market crashed, and the Great Depression began

The provincial government designated Main Street as part of a provincial highway (Now PTH 9)

Insulin Coma Therapy begins to be used at Selkirk Hospital for Mental Diseases

A group of golfers arranged with the town council to lease of 50 acres in Daerwood Park for a new course

The Selkirk Navigation Co. Ltd took over the Keenora and rebuilt it

The town built a first-class bathing beach completed with a bathing tower and change houses in Selkirk Park

4,486 people resided in Selkirk

The North Unit G-H (Later B Unit) opens at the Selkirk Hospital for Mental Diseases

An aerial display sponsored by the Selkirk Hockey Club attracts 500 people to Hagaard’s field

Formation of the Selkirk Ladies Auxiliary

First annual meeting of the Selkirk Branch of the Army Navy Veterans

The long-awaited highway bridge project started construction

The Dance Pavilion and refreshment stand at Selkirk Park was destroyed by fire

Main Street was hard-surfaced from the town’s southern limit to the corner of Manitoba Avenue

The Lift Bridge was completed

After a long dispute over maintenance costs, the Lift Bridge officially opened

Service was reduced on the railway to Winnipeg because of increased automobile ownership and road improvements between the two cities

Selkirk Rotary Club was created

Work began on the Selkirk oil refinery for the processing of gasoline, diesel and furnace oil and distillate

Passenger rail service to and from Winnipeg was abandoned in favor of highway buses

Council succeeded in having the Winnipeg beach highway re-routed down Manitoba Avenue west to the new highway linking Selkirk with Clandeboye

Canada declared war on Germany, entering the Second World War and ending the Great Depression

Thirty-one volunteers joined the Canadian Armed Forces from Dufferin Avenue and gained the nickname “Dufferin Gang”

Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) begins to be used at the Selkirk Hospital for Mental Diseases

4,915 people resided in Selkirk

Victory Lanes opens

The staged Nazi occupation of Manitoba “If Day” was held in Selkirk February 18 and in Winnipeg the following day.  The Second Victory Loan campaign resulted in millions of dollars being donated

A new garbage collection system was put in place

Five Selkirk soldiers were killed in the ill-fated raid at Dieppe France

“The Barn” formally named Selkirk Arena was built

The Second World War ends. A total of 81 military personnel from Selkirk were killed in action

Town Council purchased a used RCAF cash truck for use as a second pumper. However, the open air design wasn’t conducive with the winter climate

5,400 people resided in Selkirk

The two weekly newspapers, the “Record” and the “Journal” formed a new weekly newspaper called the “Enterprise”