Leanchoil | |||||||||||
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| Location | British Columbia Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°13′0″N 116°37′0″W / 51.21667°N 116.61667°W [1] [2] | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Canadian Pacific Railway | ||||||||||
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Leanchoil station was a railway station near Golden, British Columbia on the Canadian Pacific Railway. [3] It bears the name of the farm near Forres, Scotland where Lord Strathcona had grown up with his mother. [4]
The government of British Columbia geographic names website describes the location as "On Canadian Pacific Railway, NW. of junction of Beaverfoot and Kicking Horse Rivers, Kootenay Land District". [2]
References
- ^ "Leanchoil". Geographical names in Canada. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ a b "Leanchoil". BC Geographical Names. Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ^ "Collections and Fonds – 3307515: C.P.R. (Canadian Pacific Railway) Station, Leanchoil, B.C." Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ McDonald, Donna (2002). Lord Strathcona: A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith. Dundern. p. 53. ISBN 978-1550023978.