Selkirk, former county, Scotland

Selkirk, former county, Scotland: see Selkirkshire Selkirkshire or Selkirk, former county, SE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Selkirkshire became (1975) part of the new Borders region (now the Scottish Borders council area).
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Selkirk, town, Canada

Selkirk, town (1991 pop. 9,815), SE Man., Canada, on the Red River. Just S of Lake Winnipeg, it is a port for products from N Manitoba. There are steel mills, foundries, and shipyards in the town. It is named for the 5th earl of Selkirk, who established (1812) the Red River Settlement Red River Settlement, agricultural colony in present Manitoba, North Dakota, and Minnesota. It was the undertaking of Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of Selkirk . Wishing to relieve the dispossessed and impoverished in Scotland and Northern Ireland, he secured enough
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Selkirk

Alexander. original name Alexander Selcraig. 1676--1721, Scottish sailor, who was marooned on one of the islets of Juan Fernández and is regarded as the prototype of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

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Selkirk, former county, Scotland

Selkirk, town, Canada

Selkirk
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