Selkirk

Selkirk can also refer to:

Places
  • Selkirk, Scottish Borders, a royal burgh
  • Selkirk, Manitoba, a city in Manitoba, Canada
  • Fort Selkirk, Yukon, a historic Hudson's Bay Company trading post and First Nation settlement on the Yukon River
  • Selkirk, New York, an unincorporated hamlet in the town of Bethlehem located in Albany County, New York
  • Selkirk Shores State Park, on the shore of Lake Ontario, located in the town of Richland, Oswego County, New York
  • Selkirk Mountains, a mountain range in British Columbia, Canada and the Idaho panhandle, USA
  • Selkirk Settlers Bridge, in Winnipeg, Canada
  • Lord Selkirk Park, a neighbourhood in Winnipeg, Canada
People
  • Selkirk (surname), surname origin, and list of people with the surname
  • Earl of Selkirk, a title in the Peerage of Scotland
  • James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, Scottish politician and Life Peer, briefly 11th Earl of Selkirk
  • Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada
  • Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway when he was marooned on an uninhabited island; probably provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.
Education
  • Selkirk Secondary School, a High School in Kimberley, British Columbia
  • Selkirk College, a community college in British Columbia
Other
  • Selkirk transmitting station - the transmitter that provides FM, digital radio and television coverage to Selkirk.
  • Selkirk F.C., a football club
  • Selkirk Grace, attributed to Robert Burns
  • The Selkirk hurdle, a description of the route that freight trains must take from New York City to points west of the Hudson River
  • Selkirk locomotive, a type of steam locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works
  • Selkirk RFC, a rugby club
  • Selkirk Rex, a breed of cat with curly hair
  • International Selkirk Loop, a route in Idaho, Washington, and British Columbia skirting the Selkirk Mountains

Other articles related to "selkirk":

Selkirk, New York - Location
... Hamlet of Becker's Corners Selkirk Rail Yard NYS Thruway (I-87) Hamlet of Cedar Hill Hamlet of South Bethlehem NYS Thruway (I-87) Exit 22 Hamlet of Selkirk CSXT railroad tracks NYS ...
Selkirk (sternwheeler 1895) - Operations On The Thompson River
... Forster operated Selkirk on the Thompson River until June 29, 1898, when 25 miles above Kamloops, Selkirk turned into an eddy and capsized ... Three months later Forster was able to raise Selkirk ...
Selkirk (sternwheeler 1895)
... Selkirk was a small sternwheel steamer that operated on the Thompson and Columbia rivers in British Columbia from 1895 to 1917 ... confused with the much larger Yukon River sternwheeler Selkirk ...
Selkirk Fishermen
... The Selkirk Fishermen are a Junior "B" ice hockey team based in Selkirk, Manitoba ... They are members of the Keystone Junior Hockey League (KJHL) ...
Selkirk College - Student Life
... Students at Selkirk College may partake in a variety of recreational activities in the West Kootenay and Boundary regions, and can participate in one of ... The Selkirk Jazz Choir has performed in the region ... Founded in 1972, the Selkirk College Students' Union, Local 4 of the Canadian Federation of Students, is the collective voice of students attending the ...