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

• Mount Strathcona

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

• Strathcona, Minnesota

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

• Strathcona Park (disambiguation)
• Transcona (disambiguation)
• Old Scona

References

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