DCHP-3

Selkirk Settlement

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an early name for the Red River Settlement, founded by Lord Selkirk, 1771-1820.

See: Selkirk(def. 1)

Quotations

1859
A newspaper is about to be started, under Canadian auspices, at the Selkirk settlement, on the Red River of the North.
1873
. . . these hardy fellows traversed the forests and frozen lakes upon snow-shoes, and, entering from the Lake of the Woods, suddenly appeared in the Selkirk Settlement, and took possession of Fort Douglas.