Essay Contest!
Are you under the age of 18 and a descendant of one of the original Selkirk Settlers to Red River? Do you like to write? Want to learn more about Red River Colony history? This contest may be for you!
Restricted to Descendants of Original Selkirk Settlers. Contestants must be 18 years of age or less.
Topic:
Fort Douglas and Its History
Maximum word count:
1000
Format:
Typed on letter-size white paper, with title and page no. of total pages (1 of 2) at top of each page. Name of entrant must not appear anywhere on the essay, but on a separate page together with title and contact information and line of descent from an Original Selkirk Settler.
Entry Fee:
$10, which includes one year’s membership in TLSARL.
Entry Deadline:
15 August, 2010.
Prize:
$50, winning essay read at the Annual Reunion & AGM and published in the TLSARL Newsletter
Entries must be postmarked no later than 15 August, 2010, and sent to: Mr. Roy McLeod, 349 Kingsford Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R2G 0J5.
Fort Douglas, painted by Peter Rindisbacher 1822. National Archives of Canada C-001938
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