Strathcona
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English
Etymology
1897, srath + Coe (modern strath), a variant of Glencoe, invented in Canada to avoid the negative associations with the Massacre of Glencoe (1692), created as an aristocratic title for Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal. Other uses derive from places named after Smith.
Proper noun
Strathcona
- A neighbourhood of Edmonton and former city in central Alberta; the business district of which is now called "Old Strathcona".
- A county in Alberta formerly centred on the defunct city, now centred on Sherwood Park; see Strathcona County.
- A neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia.
- A regional district in British Columbia.
- A provincial park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
- A neighbourhood of Hamilton, Ontario.
- A geographic township in Temagami municipality, Ontario.
- A minor city in Roseau County, Minnesota, Canada, named after Donald Smith (Roseau County borders onto Manitoba).