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| Title | Steamer Selkirk |
| Date of Original | between 1870 and 1887 |
| Creator | Berg, J.
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Transportation
Water
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Steamboats
Rivers
Stereographs
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| Organization Name | Selkirk (Steamboat)
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| Location | Red River of the North
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| Decade | 1870-1879
1880-1889
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| Item Number | A4047 |
| Format of Original | Stereographs
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| Dimensions of Original | 18 x 9 cm. |
| Transcription | "J. Berg, Landscape Photographer. Grand Forks, D.T."--Printed on front of stereograph |
| Biography/History | The Selkirk, a wood-hulled sternwheel steamboat, was built by James J. Hill, Alexander Griggs and associates at McCauleyville, Minnesota, in the winter of 1870-71. In 1872, she became part of the newly formed Red River Transportation Company. In 1877, she carried the steam locomotive, The Countess of Dufferin, and its cars to Winnipeg to serve the Canadian Pacific. The Selkirk was wrecked at Grand Forks, N.D., Oct. 25, 1887. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Bill, Fred A. and J.W. Riggs. Life on the Red River of the North, 1857 to 1887, p. 14. Baltimore: Wirth Brothers, 1847.
Rolczynski, John. When Steamboats Plied the Red: Interesting Aspects of Steamboating on the Red River of the North, p. 19. Grand Forks, ND: John Rolczynski, 2000. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection A
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (A4047) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shA4047 |
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