Chronology of the Selkirk Settlement
| Date | Event |
| 30 May 1811 | Lord Selkirk (Thomas Douglas) and the Hudson's Bay Company finalize the sale of 116,000 square miles of territory for ten shillings. |
| 12 June 1811 | The District of Assiniboia is ceded by the Hudson's Bay Company to Lord Selkirk |
| 26 July 1811 | The ship Edward and Ann bearing the working party sail from Stornoway for Hudson Bay |
| 6 September 1811 | The transport ship bearing the working party enters the Hudson Strait |
| 24 September 1811 | The working party goes ashore at the point between the Nelson and Hayes Rivers |
| 5 October 1811 | Edward and Ann returns to England |
| 7 October 1811 | Miles Macdonell and the working party move to the north side of the Nelson River where they are housed in tents |
| 29 November 1811 | A small boat crosses the Nelson River with a message from Miles Macdonell to Chief Factor Cook at York Factory |
| 31 December 1811 | Year ends in a difference of opinion between the Irish and Orkneymen in which the former are said to have "unmercifully beat the latter" |
| 24 June 1812 | The first party of colonists sail from Sligo, Ireland aboard the Robert Taylor |
| 29 June 1812 | The spring fur brigade reaches York Factory as Macdonell and his men prepare to depart for the colony |
| 6 July 1812 | Miles Macdonell with the working party depart York Factory for the Red River Settlement, following the Hayes River |
| 30 August 1812 | Macdonell with 23 workmen reach the confluence of Red and Assiniboine Rivers and make camp on the east bank |
| 4 September 1812 | "Seizin of the Land": Macdonell and officials of the Hudson's Bay Company exchange official documents |
| 6 September 1812 | Most of the party go to Pembina due to shortage of provisions; others stay behind to being building Fort Douglas and to clear land to plant winter wheat |
| 12 September 1812 | Macdonell reaches Fort Pembina |
| 13 September 1812 | Macdonell selects a site and begin work on construction of Fort Daer |
| 7 October 1812 | The first wheat is planted near Fort Douglas |
| 27 October 1812 | A group of 71 settlers under Owen Keveny reaches the Fort Daer site |
| 21 November 1812 | All the families and men are housed at Fort Daer |
| 24 December 1812 | Macdonell hoists the flag and names the site Fort Daer |
See also:
A brief chronology of events relative to Lord Selkirk’s Settlement at Red River - 1811 to 1815 compiled by Alice E. Brown
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 7, Number 3, April 1962