* Charles Dickens used Selkirk as a simile in Chapter Two of The Pickwick Papers: " Colonel Builder and Sir Thomas Clubber exchanged snuff – boxes, and looked very much like a pair of Alexander Selkirks — ' Monarchs of all they surveyed.

Schreyer ran in the 2006 federal election as the NDP candidate for the riding of Selkirk — Interlake.

Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk ( 20 June 1771 — 8 April 1820 ) was a Scottish peer.

The second volume, published in 1810, gives an account of the seven southeastern counties of Scotland — Roxburgh, Berwick, East Lothian (" Haddington "), Edinburgh / Midlothian ( all as " Edinburgh "), West Lothian (" Linlithgow "), Peebles and Selkirk — each of them being treated of as regards name, situation and extent, natural objects, antiquities, establishment as shires, civil history, agriculture, manufactures and trade, and ecclesiastical history.

* Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk ( 1722 – 1799 ) ( grandson of younger brother of 3rd Earl ) — see John Paul Jones

In 1976, it was abolished with part transferred to Selkirk — Interlake, Winnipeg — Assiniboine, Winnipeg — St.

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* Lindsay Selkirk ( Christina Nigra ) — Evie's best friend.

It was abolished in 1987 and divided into Selkirk, Portage — Interlake, Provencher, and Churchill ridings.

It was re-created in 1996 from Selkirk — Red River, Portage — Interlake, Provencher and Churchill.

He was returned in the 1974 election, but ironically lost his seat to New Democratic Party challenger Terry Sargeant in the 1979 election, in the redistributed riding of Selkirk — Interlake.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Provencher, Selkirk — Interlake, Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg — Birds Hill ridings.

It was recreated in 1987 from parts Selkirk — Interlake, Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg — Birds Hill ridings.

The name of the electoral district was changed in 1990 to Selkirk — Red River.

It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Brandon, Lisgar, Portage — Neepawa, Selkirk and Souris ridings.

It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Dauphin, Portage — Neepawa and Selkirk ridings.

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Lisgar, Portage — Neepawa, Selkirk, Springfield, and St. Boniface ridings

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Lisgar, Portage — Marquette, Winnipeg North, Selkirk — Interlake, Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg — Assiniboine ridings.

It is bordered to the north by Interlake, to the west by Interlake and Lakeside, and to the east by Lake Winnipeg and Selkirk.

This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Lisgar, Portage — Marquette and Selkirk — Interlake ridings.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Portage — Lisgar and Selkirk — Interlake ridings.

The riding was created as " Selkirk " riding in 1987 from Selkirk — Interlake, Winnipeg North and Winnipeg — Birds Hill ridings.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was re-distributed between Churchill, Provencher, Selkirk — Interlake and Winnipeg North — St.

* William Cowper's The Solitude Of Alexander Selkirk is about the feelings of Alexander Selkirk as he lived all alone on the island.

Gilbert's Bab Ballads, Selkirk is used as a model for the English castaways:

* Selkirk is mentioned in Sailing Alone Around The World by Joshua Slocum.

All of the guests are seated and grace is said, usually using the Selkirk Grace, a well-known thanksgiving said before meals, using the Scots language.

* 1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.

It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-southeast of Selkirk.

It is similar ( but not identical by any means ) to the dialects spoken in surrounding towns, especially Jedburgh, Langholm and Selkirk.

The Juan Fernández Islands ( Spanish: Archipiélago Juan Fernández ) are a sparsely inhabited island group reliant on tourism and fishing in the South Pacific Ocean, situated about off the coast of Chile, and is composed of three main volcanic islands ; Robinson Crusoe Island, Alejandro Selkirk Island and Santa Clara Island, the first two being formerly called Más Adentro and Más Afuera respectively.

Alexander Selkirk is ; its highest peak is Los Innocentes at.

Radiometric dating indicates that Santa Clara is the oldest of the islands, 5. 8 million years old, followed by Robinson Crusoe, 3. 8 – 4. 2 million years old, and Alexander Selkirk, 1. 0 – 2. 4 million years old.

Alexander Selkirk is mostly covered with grassland from 0 to 400 meters, interspersed with wooded ravines ( quebradas ), home to dry forests of Myrceugenia and Zanthoxylum fagara.

The William Norrie Centre on Selkirk Avenue is the campus for social work education for inner-city residents.

* February 2 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.

Defoe's immediate inspiration for Crusoe is usually thought to be a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk, who was rescued in 1709 by Woodes Rogers ' expedition after four years on the uninhabited island of Más a Tierra in the Juan Fernández Islands off the Chilean coast.

However, Robinson Crusoe is far from a copy of Woodes Rogers ' account: Selkirk was marooned at his own request, while Crusoe was shipwrecked ; the islands are different ; Selkirk lived alone for the whole time, while Crusoe found companions ; while Selkirk stayed on his island for four years, not twenty-eight.

Furthermore, much of the appeal of Defoe's novel is the detailed and captivating account of Crusoe's thoughts, occupations and activities which goes far beyond that of Rogers ' basic descriptions of Selkirk, which account for only a few pages.

The Selkirk Rex is a breed of cat with highly curled hair.

The Selkirk Rex is distinct from all other Rex breeds.

It differs from the LaPerm in that the Selkirk Rex coat is plusher and thicker.

While the LaPerm gene is a simple dominant, the Selkirk gene ( Se ) acts as an incomplete dominant ; incompletely dominant, allele pairs produce three possible genotypes and phenotypes: heterozygous cats ( Sese ) may have a fuller coat that is preferred in the show ring, while homozygous cats ( SeSe ) may have a tighter curl and less coat volume.