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Glenora, British Columbia

Coordinates: 57°50′37″N 131°23′19″W / 57.84361°N 131.38861°W / 57.84361; -131.38861 (Glenora)
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Glenora, British Columbia, in the 1900s

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]

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

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, p.44, William Gouverneur Morris, publ. Govt. Print. Off., 1879
  3. ^ a b "Glenora". BC Geographical Names.

57°50′37″N 131°23′19″W / 57.84361°N 131.38861°W / 57.84361; -131.38861 (Glenora)