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Selkirk Settlement Hist. 
an early name for the Red River Settlement, founded by Lord Selkirk, 1771-1820.
See also: Selkirk (def. 1)
- 1859 A newspaper is about to be started, under Canadian auspices, at the Selkirk settlement, on the Red River of the North.
- 1873 . . . these hardy fellows traversed the forests and frozen lakes upon snow-shoes, and, entering from the Lake of the Woods, suddenly appeared in the Selkirk Settlement, and took possession of Fort Douglas.
- 1859 A newspaper is about to be started, under Canadian auspices, at the Selkirk settlement, on the Red River of the North.