Selkirk

Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located on the Red River about 22 kilometres northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg. It has a populace of 10,278 as of the 2016 registration. The pillars of the nearby economy are tourism, a steel process, and a noteworthy mental healing center. A vertical lift connect over the Red River associates Selkirk with the littler town of East Selkirk.

The city is associated with Winnipeg by means of Highway 9 and is served by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The city was named out of appreciation for Scotsman Thomas Douglas, fifth Earl of Selkirk, who got the give to set up a state in the Red River zone in 1813. The present-day city is close to the focal point of the 160,000-square-mile territory obtained by the Earl of Selkirk from the Hudson's Bay Company.

The primary pioneers of the Red River Colony touched base in 1813. Despite the fact that the pilgrims arranged a bargain with the Saulteaux Indians of the territory, the business competition between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company offered ascend to savage encounters between the pioneers and the exchanging organizations. In acknowledgment of the Earl's significance in conveying pioneers to the district, the town was named Selkirk and joined in 1882.