Formerly located at the northeast corner of Selkirk Avenue and Powers Street in Winnipeg, a one-storey wood frame, sheet metal, and stucco building, measuring 16 feet by 20 feet, was built in 1926 by the Canadian Rogers Sheet Metal Company, at a cost of about $2,000. It was intended as a service station for the British American Oil Company.
The building originally had two gasoline pumps and a small office for the service station attendant. Later known as the Selkirk Service Station, the building has been demolished and the site is now occupied by a multi-storey residential building.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91542, W97.14380
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: British American Oil Company / Gulf Oil Canada
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 464/1926, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #276 May 1956, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 21 September 2025
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