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