Selkirk may refer to:

People

* Alexander Selkirk, Scottish castaway who formed the basis for the novel Robinson Crusoe by

Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (; born Daniel Foe; – 24 April 1731) was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel ''Robinson Crusoe'', published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its ...

Selkirk (surname) Selkirk is a Scottish surname. The name is a habitational name, derived from Selkirk, located on the Scottish Borders. The place name is derived from the Middle English elements ''sale'', ''sele'', meaning "hall", "manor"; and ''kirk'', meaning ...

, 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 James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, (born 31 July 1942) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West and then as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the L ...

, Scottish politician and Life Peer, briefly 11th Earl of Selkirk *

Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas th ...

, Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada

Places

Selkirk Mountains The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia which are part of a larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains. They begin at Mica ...

, in British Columbia, Canada, the Idaho panhandle, and far eastern Washington State, United States

Canada

Selkirk, Manitoba Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located on the Red River about northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg. It has a population of 10,504 as of the 2021 census. The mainstays of the local economy are tourism, ...

Selkirk (electoral district) Selkirk was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1871 to 1979. This riding was created in 1871 when the province of Manitoba was created. It was abolished in 1976 when it ...

, a federal riding in Manitoba * Selkirk (provincial electoral district), in Manitoba * Selkirk, Ontario *

Fort Selkirk Fort Selkirk is a former trading post on the Yukon River at the confluence of the Pelly River in Canada's Yukon. For many years it was home to the Selkirk First Nation ( Northern Tutchone). History Archaeological evidence shows that the site ha ...

, Yukon

Chile

Alejandro Selkirk Island Alejandro Selkirk Island ( es, Isla Alejandro Selkirk), previously known as Más Afuera (Farther Out (to Sea)) and renamed after the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk, is the largest and most westerly island in the Juan Fernández Archipelago of ...

, in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Valparaíso Region, Chile

Scotland

Selkirk, Scottish Borders Selkirk is a town and historic royal burgh in the Scottish Borders council district of southeastern Scotland. It lies on the Ettrick Water, a tributary of the River Tweed. The people of the town are known as Souters, which means cobblers (sho ...

, Scotland *

Selkirk (Parliament of Scotland constituency) Selkirk was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates. After the Acts of Union 1707, Selkirk, Lanark, Linlithgow and Peebles formed the Lanark district of burghs, returning one m ...

Selkirkshire Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk ( gd, Siorrachd Shalcraig) is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south. ...

, Scotland

United States

Selkirk, Kansas Selkirk is an unincorporated community in Wichita County, Kansas Wichita County (standard abbreviation: WH) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,152. Its county seat is Leoti. ...

, an unincorporated community * Selkirk, Missouri, a ghost town * Selkirk, New York, an unincorporated hamlet in the town of Bethlehem

Animals

* Selkirk (horse), (1988–2013), a North American-bred, thoroughbred racehorse *

Selkirk Rex The Selkirk Rex is a breed of cat with highly curled hair. Background The Selkirk Rex is distinct from all other Rex breeds. Unlike the Devon Rex and Cornish Rex, the hair is of normal length and not partly missing. There are longhair and shorth ...

, a breed of cat which named from Selkirk Mountains

Education

Selkirk College Campuses Selkirk College has eight campuses and learning centres across the West Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary regions: * Castlegar Campus * Grand Forks Campus * Kaslo Learning Centre * Nakusp Learning Centre * Silver King Campus * Tenth Str ...

, a community college in British Columbia * Selkirk Secondary School, a high school in Kimberley, British Columbia

Sports

* Selkirk F.C., a football club *

Selkirk RFC Selkirk Rugby Football Club are a rugby union side based in Selkirk in the Borders, Scotland. They play in their home games at Philiphaugh, and compete in the Scottish Premiership (the highest tier of club rugby) and the Border League (the ol ...

, a rugby club * Winnipeg Selkirks, a former ice hockey team from Winnipeg, Canada, see

List of ice hockey teams in Manitoba The following is a list of ice hockey teams in Manitoba, past and present. It includes the league(s) they play for, and championships won. Major Professional National Hockey League World Hockey Association Minor Professional Current teams ...

Transportation

* ''Selkirk'' (sternwheeler 1895) * *

Selkirk hurdle The Selkirk Hurdle is the term used by urban planners, railroad employees, politicians, and others to describe the route that must be taken by freight trains traveling between New York City and other points in downstate New York that are east of t ...

, a freight train route in New York *

Selkirk locomotive The Selkirk locomotives were 36 steam locomotives of the 2-10-4 wheel arrangement built for Canadian Pacific Railway by Montreal Locomotive Works, Montreal in Quebec, Canada. History The first of these large engines, which had a 2-10-4 wheel arra ...

, a type of steam locomotive

Other uses

Selkirk Communications Selkirk Communications was a Canadian radio and television broadcasting company, which operated from 1959 to 1989. Evolving out of Taylor, Pearson & Carson, a local broadcaster in Vancouver founded in 1934, the company grew to own 14 radio statio ...

, a defunct Canadian radio and television broadcasting company *

Selkirk Grace A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), the author of many Scots poems. The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, 25 January, known as Burns Night ( sco ...

commonly recited before a Burns supper * Selkirk transmitting station, near Selkirk, Scotland * The animated movie 7 Sea Pirates, also known as "Selkirk, el verdadero Robinson Crusoe" {{disambiguation, geo