What is "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. Many placenames in Western Canada are named for this famous and powerful businessman.

Strathcona may refer to:

Strathcona was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is not to be confused with Edmonton-Strathcona, a different provincial electoral district within the city of Edmonton created in 1971. or with the federal electoral district Edmonton—Strathcona.

The constituency of Strathcona existed on two occasions in Alberta's history. The first time, the constituency, centred on the City of Strathcona in what is now Edmonton, was carried over from the Strathcona North-West territorial constituency from before Alberta became a province. The constituency disappeared in 1913 when it was split between Vegreville, Camrose and Edmonton South. Strathcona was the home constitiuency of Alberta's first premier, Alexander Rutherford.

The Edmonton-Strathcona constituency, of the 1971 to the present period, was re-created in roughly the same place as the 1905-1909 version, in what had formerly (1959-1967) been Strathcona Centre.

A constituency using just the name Strathcona was created in 2004 when it was carved out of the south portion of Redwater and a large chunk of north west Cloverbar-Fort Saskatchewan.

The riding is one of five that used a name from the original twenty five 1905 ridings. The other four are St. Albert, Peace River, Stony Plain and Medicine Hat.

The constituency of Strathcona was sometimes confused with Edmonton-Strathcona so was renamed Strathcona-Sherwood Park.

The constituency of Strathcona (2004-2012) bordered the east of Edmonton and was mixed rural, semi-rural and suburban, covering Strathcona County.

Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville bordered the riding to the north and east. Leduc-Beaumont-Devon bordered the riding to the south. Sherwood Park, Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Creek, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning bordered to the west.

Strathcona was a federal electoral district in the Northwest Territories and Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1925. When it was created, it was part of the Northwest Territories. In 1905, when Saskatchewan and Alberta became provinces, it was split between them. In 1907, it fell entirely in Alberta, with the Saskatchewan part being transferred to Battleford riding. It was abolished when it was redistributed between Vegreville and Wetaskiwin ridings.

Strathcona was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories from 1902 - 1905, after 1905 Alberta split from the territories, the Strathcona district continues to exist to present day.

The Strathcona Neighbourhood is located west of downtown Hamilton, Ontario and is bounded by Highway 403, the CNR rail line, Queen Street (Hamilton, Ontario) York Boulevard and Main Street. The neighbourhood is also intersected by several other major street arteries: Dundurn Street (Hamilton, Ontario), Locke Street, and King Street West. There are 1750 households (5800 people) in the Strathcona neighbourhood, as of the 1996 Census.1

Victoria Park, at the corners of Locke Street (Hamilton, Ontario) and King St W, is a central feature in this largely residential neighbourhood.

Dundurn Park, on the north edge of the neighbourhood is located at the junction of York Boulevard and Dundurn Street.

Strathcona was a stern-wheel steamboat. Not much is known of this steamer. She was built in 1900 to work for the Hudson's Bay Company and did service between Port Essington to Hazelton on the Skeena River. But she only did this trip once and retired from the Hudson Bay Company.

The steamer also helped do the service on the Sidney and Nanaimo ferry route starting on June 24, 1902 replacing the Iroquois. This service was called the Sidney and Nanaimo Transportation Company. The service also made stops in the Gulf Islands. She was soon replaced by the SS Iroquois. Strathcona had worked for three months of that year before she blew a cylinder on August 19, 1902. The ship was unable to be repaired, so she was retired from S&NT immediately and replaced.

The stern-wheeler's true end is unknown. She was beached and stripped on one of the Gulf Islands.