The flat-bottomed steamboat “Marquette” and a passenger train brought Victoria Day picnickers from Winnipeg to Selkirk park

The Provincial Government appointed Dr. David Young as Medical Superintendent of the Manitoba Asylum.

The Selkirk Fair began

R. H. Gilhuly bought out his drugstore partner from 1880, Mayor James Colcleugh. The latter established the community’s first small telephone exchange

F.W. Colcleugh, cousin and rival of James Colcleugh became Selkirk’s second mayor in 1886

Twelve million board feet of lumber was brought to or through Selkirk. The Burrows owned sawmill was the largest operating in Manitoba

The Manitoba Asylum opened (later known as the Selkirk Mental Health Centre) and 59 patients were transferred to the facility

The Dominion Fish Company was created by Captain William Robinson

The parish of Christ Church erected a building to replace the log chapel schoolhouse which had served their needs for 20 years

The West Slough was being dredged to 12 feet deep and 50 feet wide for 2.5 miles to allow steamboats better access to the industries

The Selkirk Literary Association was organized

The original Merchant’s Hotel is built by John Christian Shultz

The Selkirk Lutheran Church is created by Icelandic settlers

In 1890, William Gibb and three fellow Liberals organize the Selkirk Electric Company, which at first was just four clusters of streetlights

Selkirk Gospel Chapel was created.  The first service was held in a harness shop owned by one of the members

The Dominion Fish Company had three tugs, a refrigerator barge, several sailing vessels, and 75 men, with Captain Attwood in charge

The Manitoba Fish Company had five steamers, 15 fishing shacks, and 90 men

The federal government constructed its first fish hatchery (for whitefish)

The Ewing and Taylor fish company started

The Odd Fellows arrived in Selkirk and held a special ceremony in the hall above Finkleman’s Store. 

Massive fire at Robinson’s fish freezer, unfortunately there was no fire department. Town Council then decided to purchase a fire engine and form a hook and ladder company

The Bell Telephone Company exchange was completed

Methodists erected a United Church on McLean Avenue

A large fire occurred in the winter and 20 buildings were lost, including the office of the Selkirk Record. Selkirk’s citizens decided to establish a volunteer fire brigade consisting of 12-15 men and a horse drawn chemical engine

A terrible storm destroyed the original stained-glass window at Christ Church in 1896. It was replaced around 1900. 

F. W. Colcleugh, who ran a general store and invested heavily in lumber and fish, became provincial fisheries inspector

1,836 people resided in Selkirk

International Order of Good Templar’s hall was built on Main Street

Oliver and Byron (flour and feed) built a new store at Main Street and Manitoba Avenue

G. H. Fox’s new butcher shop on Manitoba, and his competitor, I. Mills, constructed a two-story building complete with a large stable and ice house on Eveline Street

The boat building portion of the Selkirk Machine Works was started by Bill Purvis

Long distance telephone service was introduced by Bell

An extension is built onto the Manitoba Asylum

The Selkirk Literary and Debating Society opened a reading room

J.K. McKenzie Fish Co. Ltd., which later became Imperial Fish Company, was formed

The Northern Fish Company was founded by William Guest, a fish retailer who had battled the Dominion Fish Co. which had tried to drive him out of business

Moody and Sullivan built a new brick store next to Bullock’s on Eveline

Miss Florence McDonald becomes the first librarian

L.S. Vaughan became mayor of Selkirk

Captain William Robinson built Selkirk’s first department store

The Winnipeg, Selkirk & Lake Winnipeg Railway received an 85-year lease and some tax exemptions over twenty-five years, for daily service between Selkirk and Winnipeg

The original Merchant’s Hotel was moved and replaced by a new structure

First trip of the Winnipeg Selkirk & Lake Winnipeg Railway occurred

A volunteer fire brigade was formed (F.W. Colcleugh was the Chief)

A new Knox Presbyterian Church opened

An empty lot at Main and Clandeboye became the Town’s farmers market square

Stuart House, built by James Stuart in 1904

North Ward School was built along Superior Avenue

A passenger and freight station was built

South ward school was built

The Hospital Board is formed

In 1907 the Winnipeg, Selkirk, and Lake Winnipeg Railway Company car barn was built

The Selkirk Central School was built circa 1907

The Trader’s Bank completed its three-storey structure

Construction of The Old Post Office begun in 1907 by Brown and Garson Construction Corporation; it was designed by the Winnipeg architectural firm of James Chisholm and Son

Selkirk Hospital Ladies Aid is formed

The Winnipeg Selkirk & Lake Winnipeg Railway is electrified along its 22 mile track and it becomes “affiliated” with the Winnipeg Electric Street Railway Company (a trip of 50 minutes, one-way, at 30 miles per hour, with five round trips per day at 80 cents)

A new patrol wagon was purchased for taking inebriated people to jail

First movies were shown in one corner Pearson Hall (used for live theatre, etc.) by the Newman Electrical Comedy Company

The Selkirk bottling plant burned down

The Carnegie Library opens

50 fire hydrants were installed with most located downtown

Water was no longer obtained from the river.  Selkirk now drew water from an artesian well, pumped it into a water tower, and then distributed it to residents through nine miles of water mains