1884. Amenities The village is home to an elementary school, Happy Thought School and a junior high, East Selkirk Middle School. The mascot of Happy Thought School is a husky and the mascot of East Selkirk Middle School is a hawk. The village is also home to the East Selkirk Recreation Association, a post office, gas station, and also two churches: St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church and the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church. The Central Manitoba Railway (CEMR), owned by Cando Rail Services Ltd. of Brandon, operates a short line between East Selkirk and Carman, In 2018 they were given C$5.6 million to improve rail service between the two communities. Water In the early 2000s, concerns about drinking water quality from existing underground aquifers in the East Selkirk area led to the village issuing boil water advisories. As the Water Treatment Plant and distribution pipes were upgraded, the boil water advisory was lifted in January 2016. Source water serving the R.M. of St. Clements comes from a deep underground carbonate aquifer in operation since 2012. Two water pumps bring in water at the rate of 13 L/sec. A Water Treatment Plant is located within the village of East Selkirk at 1043 Kittson Rd. The underground Reservoir can store 600 m3 at a time. Eleven point eight kilometres of water distribution pipe serve 275 households. A further C$1 million upgrade of the Water Treatment Plant in late 2017 meant that residents would not have to soften their water at their homes. A 2017 study on the condition of the 30-year old Lockport Wastewater Treatment Plant indicated the best solution would be to connect Lockport to the East Selkirk Wastewater Treatment Plant via pipes along Henderson Hwy. between the two communities. This would allow for an additional 850 homes that could handle outflow from the East Selkirk Sewage Lagoon. References External links The City of Selkirk The RM of St. Clements The history of East Selkirk (archived at Wayback Machine) Unincorporated communities in Interlake Region, Manitoba Former towns in Manitoba