SELKIRK

royal burgh (town), Scottish Borders council area, historic county of Selkirkshire, Scotland, lying on a hillside overlooking the river known as Ettrick Water. A Benedictine abbey founded in the early 12th century was later removed to Kelso. Selkirk's 12th-century castle was captured by the English under Edward I (reigned 12721307). It was retaken by the Scottish national leader William Wallace but lost again to the English for a time in 1333. Today Selkirk is a centre for the manufacture of tweeds and woolens and for the accommodation of tourists drawn by its scenic setting. Pop. (1991) 5,922. town, southeastern Manitoba, Canada. It lies just northeast of Winnipeg, on the Red River near its influx into Lake Winnipeg, at the head of deepwater navigation. It is the lake's chief port serving central and northern Manitoba and is thus a transshipping point for fish and lumber. The town is also a haven for pleasure boats. The site, settled in 1812, was named for Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, who founded the Red River Settlement in the area. The town has become a service centre for a farming area and has been a steel producer since 1917. Boatbuilding and ship repair are major industries. Other products include cattle feed and concrete blocks. Selkirk is the site of a provincial mental-health centre. The massive stone Lower Fort Garry (1831), just to the south, was once the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company and is the only fort of the Canadian fur-trading period to survive intact. Inc. 1882. Pop. (1991) 9,815.