Definitions for "Selkirk"
Sottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)
Keywords:  ettrick, burgh, manitoba, earl, douglas
Selkirk is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders, which lies on the River Ettrick, a tributary of the River Tweed, famous for its salmon fishing. At the time of the 2001 census, its population was 5,839.
Selkirk is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. It is named after Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, who set up the Red River Colony colonization project in 1811.