Glenora, British Columbia
Glenora
Fort Glenora Glenora Landing | |
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Former settlement | |
Glenora, British Columbia, in the 1900s | |
Glenora Location of Glenora in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 57°50′37″N 131°23′19″W / 57.84361°N 131.38861°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | 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]
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]
See also
- Grand Canyon of the Stikine
- SS Fort Glenora
References
- ^ Index and Dictionary of Canadian History, p.133, Lawrence J. Burpee & Arthur G. Doughty, publ. Morang & Co. Ltd, Toronto 1911
- ^ Report Upon the Customs District, Public Service, and Resources of Alaska Territory 1879 , p. 44, at Google Books
- ^ a b "Glenora". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ Legg, Herbert (1962). Customs Services in Western Canada, 1867–1925. The Creston Review Ltd. p. 115.
57°50′37″N 131°23′19″W / 57.84361°N 131.38861°W