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Selkirk Journal
Selkirk may refer to: People * Alexander Selkirk, Scottish castaway who formed the basis for the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe * 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 Places * Selkirk Mountains, in British Columbia, Canada, the Idaho panhandle, and far eastern Washington State, United States Canada * Selkirk, Manitoba * Selkirk (electoral district), a federal riding in Manitoba * Selkirk (provincial electoral district), in Manitoba * Selkirk, Ontario * Fort Selkirk, Yukon Chile * Alejandro Selkirk Island, in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Valparaíso Region, Chile Scotland * Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland * Selkirk (Parliament of Scotland constitue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Selkirk
Alexander Selkirk (167613 December 1721) was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709) after being marooned by his captain, initially at his request, on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean. He survived that ordeal but died from tropical illness years later while serving as a Lieutenant aboard off West Africa. Selkirk was an unruly youth and joined buccaneering voyages to the South Pacific during the War of the Spanish Succession. One such expedition was on ''Cinque Ports'', captained by Thomas Stradling under the overall command of William Dampier. Stradling's ship stopped to resupply at the uninhabited Juan Fernández Islands, west of South America, and Selkirk judged correctly that the craft was unseaworthy and asked to be left there. Selkirk's suspicions were soon justified, as ''Cinque Ports'' foundered near Malpelo Island 400 km (250 mi) from the coast of what is now Colombia. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. History Early history For many millennia, the Great Plains of Nor ..., United States. It is located between Leoti and Tribune. History Selkirk had a post office between 1887 and 1980. References Further reading External links * Wichita County mapsCurrent KDOT Unincorporated communities in Wichita County, Kansas [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 arrangement, was built in July 1929. Altogether, twenty were constructed before the end of this year bearing numbers 5900 to 5919. The Canadian Pacific Railway's classification was T1a. These locomotives weighed fully loaded. They were the largest and most powerful locomotives in the British Empire. While most other 2-10-4s were named after the state of Texas, these locomotives were named after the Selkirk range of mountains that they crossed, the (railway) summit of which was located just inside the western portal of the Connaught Tunnel beneath Rogers Pass. Montreal Locomotive Works built another ten of these successful Selkirk locomotives during November and December 1938. The Canadian Pacific Railway assigned them T1b class. They were n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the Hudson River, and locations in the United States to the south and west. There are no rail freight bridges or tunnels that cross the Hudson River south of Selkirk, which is south of Albany and the home of Selkirk Yard, a major CSX classification yard. As a result, trains from Long Island and New York City (except for the borough of Staten Island which has a rail bridge to New Jersey) must travel north to cross at Selkirk before continuing on their way. Advocates claim that this detour and the inefficiencies that result force New York City to rely more heavily on relatively-inefficient trucks than most parts of the United States, where freight trains are more common. However, at least for traffic to and from the west, this route was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selkirk (sternwheeler 1895)
Selkirk was a small sternwheel steamer that operated on the Thompson and Columbia rivers in British Columbia from 1895 to 1917. This vessel should not be confused with the much larger Yukon River sternwheeler ''Selkirk''. Design and construction ''Selkirk'' was built by Alexander Watson, an experienced shipbuilder from Victoria, BC at Kamloops, BC for Harold E. Forster, a wealthy man who wanted a steamboat for private excursions in the Kamloops area. The vessel was described as top-heavy.Downs, Art, ''Paddlewheels on the Frontier -- The Story of British Columbia and Yukon Sternwheel Steamers'', at 83-84, 110, Superior Publishing, Seattle WA 1972 Operations on the Thompson River Forster operated ''Selkirk'' on the Thompson River until June 29, 1898, when 25 miles above Kamloops, ''Selkirk'' turned into an eddy and capsized. A number of passengers, including some children, were trapped and nearly drowned, but were rescued before the vessel sank. Three months later Forster wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 American Hockey League Former teams International Hockey League Western Hockey League (minor pro) Junior Western Hockey League Manitoba Junior Hockey League (Junior 'A') Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (Junior 'A') Capital Region Junior Hockey League (Junior 'B') Keystone Junior Hockey League (Junior 'B') Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League (Junior 'C') Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League (Junior 'OA') Semi-professional, senior and amateur Senior Amateur (Stanley Cup Challenge Era) University Western Women's Hockey League League, regional and national championships †Includes win by the Flin Flon Bombers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. See also *Hockey Manitoba Hockey Manitoba is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg Selkirks
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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