Glenora, British Columbia

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Glenora
Fort Glenora
Glenora Landing
Former settlement
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Glenora, British Columbia, in the 1900s
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Glenora
Location of Glenora in British Columbia
Coordinates: 57°50′37″N131°23′19″W / 57.84361°N 131.38861°W / 57.84361; -131.38861
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Province Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia

Glenora, also known historically as the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Glenora [1] and during the Cassiar Gold Rush as Glenora Landing, [2] was an unincorporated settlement in the Stikine Country of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It was located on the banks of the Stikine River, just southwest and approximately 13 miles downstream from the community of Telegraph Creek. [3] A customs office existed 1901–1903. [4]

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Name origin

Helen B. Akrigg and G.P.V. Akrigg in their British Columbia Place Names ascribe the origin of the name to a combination of the Gaelic glenn for "valley" with the Spanish ora for gold. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Index and Dictionary of Canadian History, p.133, Lawrence J. Burpee & Arthur G. Doughty, publ. Morang & Co. Ltd, Toronto 1911
  2. ↑ Report Upon the Customs District, Public Service, and Resources of Alaska Territory 1879 , p. 44, at Google Books
  3. 1 2 "Glenora". BC Geographical Names .
  4. ↑ Legg, Herbert (1962). Customs Services in Western Canada, 1867–1925. The Creston Review Ltd. p. 115.

57°50′37″N131°23′19″W / 57.84361°N 131.38861°W / 57.84361; -131.38861 (Glenora)


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