Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk FRS FRSE was a Scottish landowner and philanthropist best known for sponsoring immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony.
Portrait of Selkirk
Landing of the Selkirk Settlers, Red River, 1812
Selkirk Mountains
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The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia which are part of a larger grouping of mountains,
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
…boundary between Manitoba and North Dakota, where it connects with Interstate 29 in the United States, to the city of Winnipeg. Mount Selkirk and the Selkirk Mountains were also named in his honor. The Métis peoples cite Lord Selkirk's intrusion as the period of time their identity as a people came into existence. The…
Mt. Fox and Mt. Dawson from Asulkan Pass, British Columbia, c. 1902