Selkirk (disambiguation)

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Selkirk is a royal burgh in the Scottish Borders.

Selkirk can also refer to:

Places
  • 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 western Canada
  • Selkirk Settlers Bridge, in Winnipeg, Canada
  • Lord Selkirk Park, a neighbourhood in Winnipeg, Canada


People
  • Earl of Selkirk, a title in the Peerage of Scotland
  • 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 on an uninhabited island; he is supposed to be inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
  • Selkirk settlers, who were brought by Douglas to the Red River Colony (Selkirk Settlement) in Canada
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