Selkirk
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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
- Selkirk (horse), (1988–2013), a North American-bred, thoroughbred racehorse that raced mainly in Europe.
- 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
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