Historic Sites of Manitoba: Selkirk Monument (Legislative Building, Winnipeg)

Thomas Douglas (1771-1820), Fifth Earl of Selkirk, whose inspired leadership and support attracted settlers in Scotland and Ireland to the settlement at the forks of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. The initial group arrived in August 1812 to establish the first permanent agricultural settlement in Western Canada on the site of the present City of Winnipeg.

A plaque at the base of the monument was affixed in 1958 by the Historic Sites Advisory Board of Manitoba.

Selkirk Monument (May 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Selkirk Monument (October 2021)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88462, W97.14635
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 May 2024

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