Selkirk (disambiguation)

Selkirk (disambiguation)

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 British Columbia, Canada and the Idaho panhandle, USA
* 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

;Education:
* Selkirk Secondary School, a High School in Kimberley, British Columbia

;Other
* Selkirk 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 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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