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Enclosure in Scotland
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Selkirk Establishes Settlements in PEI and Upper Canada
Selkirk learned that the Red River Valley contained fertile soil and felt a settlement (The Selkirk Settlement) could help the poor Scottish and supply food for the HBC. -
Land grant is given 300,000 sqKM
Now southern Manitoba.Very little thought was given to those who already lived there. -
Selkirk Dies just before his 48th Birthday
