Strathcona
Sign in to saveStrathcona is a 19th-century variation of "Glen Coe", a river valley in Scotland. The word was invented for use in the title Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, first used for Donald Smith (1820–1914), a Canadian railway financier, in order to avoid association with the Massacre of Glencoe of 1692.
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Strathcona is a 19th-century variation of "Glen Coe", a river valley in Scotland. The word was invented for use in the title Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, first used for Donald Smith (1820–1914), a Canadian railway financier, in order to avoid association with the Massacre of Glencoe of 1692.
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massacre of Glencoe
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Strathcona Regional District
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Strathcona County
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Vancouver School Board
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Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
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Strathcona Provincial Park
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Mount Strathcona
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Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
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