Talk:Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

Lord Strathcona Medal
Does anyone else think this should be its own article? Cjrother 02:59, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes it certainly seems like it --Cloveious 03:17, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I've done that now Cjrother 03:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

He was made the Baron of what?
So, he was made the Baron of Strathcona and Mount-Royal. Where the hell is "Strathcona"? Is it an old name for Stadacona, the Iroquois settlement that became the site of Quebec City?

(Perhaps Strathcona/Stadacona represent English/French versions of the original Iroquois word, similar to Ottawa/Outaouais.)

There are many places named Strathcona in Western Canada, but they were all named after Lord Strathcona and obviously aren't the original of his title.

If "Strathcona" really does refer to the site of Quebec City, then effectively "Baron of Strathcona and Mount-Royal" translates into "Baron of Quebec City and Montreal".

I feel like the article should explain this. Scientivore 20:06, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Word had leaked out that he was going to choose as his title Lord Glencoe as he owned a large estate in Glencoe, Scotland so he was prevailed upon to change it to something else. Smith invented Strathcona (strath meaning glen; Cona apparently an Ossian association to Coe. --Bill Reid | Talk 15:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

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