East Selkirk is a village in the Rural Municipality of St. Clements in the Canadian province of Manitoba. St Clements is a Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. It is located to the north-east of Winnipeg, stretching from East St Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America It is the directly across the Red River from Selkirk, Manitoba. The Red River (rivière Rouge is a North American river Formed by the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers in the United States Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 22 km northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg on the Red River
Selkirk is connected to Winnipeg via Highway 9 about 20 kilometres away. Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 22 km northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg on the Red River Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Provincial Trunk Highway 9 (PTH 9 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. East Selkirk is connected to Selkirk by bridge.
The village was incorporated in 1884 and its first reeve was Francis Hay. East Selkirk saw a huge immigration boom in the latter part of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. The Round House, a large building made of Tyndall limestone, was situated next to the railway tracks and not only served as immigration hall but also as the church, school and hospital. Many immigrants from Poland, Ukraine and other eastern-European countries passed through its doors and onward to their homesteads throughout the Interlake, but some remained to settle in the local area.
East Selkirk was also home to the St. Peter's Indian Reserve. It was here that Chief Peguis led his Saulteaux tribe in the early 1800s. Beginning in the late 1890s, the village of East Selkirk, as well as the town of Selkirk, Manitoba, Rural Municipality of St. Clements and St. Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 22 km northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg on the Red River St Clements is a Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. It is located to the north-east of Winnipeg, stretching from East St Andrew's, Manitoba slowly began incorporating the lands of the Indian Reserve and taxing the white occupants who held patents to river lots. This began a dispute that ultimately led the Federal Department of Indian Affairs to force the Indians out to clear way for the white settlers. Indian Agents came to the Reserve, bribed the Chief and Band Council, got them drunk and gave the entire tribe only one day to decide on the surrender agreement. In 1907, the surrender took place and the Saulteaux were moved to a remote corner of Lake Winnipeg to join the Pegius Reserve. This surrender was and is considered illegal.
In 1984, the Rural Municipality of St. Clements celebrated its centennial anniversary. The village is home to Happy Thought School, the East Selkirk Recreation Association and also two churches: St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church and the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church.