Strathcona
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, a Canadian railway financier, in order to avoid association with the Massacre of Glencoe of 1692.[1] Many placenames in Western Canada are named for this famous and powerful businessman.
Strathcona may refer to:
People
- Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
- Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
- Margaret Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal
- Donald Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
- Euan Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Places
- Antarctica
- Canada
- Strathcona, Alberta, (also Strathcona, Northwest Territories before 1905), a former city, now a part of Edmonton, Alberta
- Strathcona, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighbourhood, part of the former city
- Old Strathcona, Edmonton, the former core of the City of Strathcona and now a Provincial Historic Area and arts and entertainment district
- Strathcona County, Alberta, a municipality outside Edmonton
- Strathcona Islands, Nunavut
- Strathcona Park, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood
- Strathcona Park (Ottawa), a park in Ottawa, Ontario
- Strathcona Provincial Park in British Columbia
- Strathcona Regional District on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Strathcona Township, Ontario, a geographic township
- Strathcona, Vancouver, British Columbia, a neighbourhood
- United States
Canadian electoral districts
- Edmonton—Strathcona, current federal electoral district
- Edmonton-Strathcona (provincial electoral district), current provincial electoral district
- Strathcona (electoral district), former federal electoral district
- Strathcona (N.W.T. electoral district), former Northwest Territories electoral district
- Strathcona (provincial electoral district), former provincial electoral district
- Strathcona-Sherwood Park, current provincial electoral district
Education
- Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School, a private school for girls in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia
- Strathcona Composite High School in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Lord Strathcona Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), Canadian Forces regiment
- Lord Strathcona Medal, the highest civilian citation a Canadian cadet can receive
- Strathcona (genus), a genus of rodent
See also
References
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