Donald A. Smith Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Donald A. Smith born August 6 1825 in Forres Morayshire Scotland rose through Hudsons Bay Company ranks from Labrador posts to chief executive in North America. He aided the Red River settlement crisis as a Dominion special commissioner and helped found the Canadian Pacific Railway while promoting transcontinental transportation and Manitoba entry into Confederation. He earned vast wealth and high honors, including appointment to provincial and federal offices.
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Donald A. Smith
Strathcona
Mount Royal
Forres Morayshire
Scotland
Hudsons Bay Company
Donald A
Canda
Great Company
Montreal
King’s
Lower St. Lawrence
Esquimaux Bay
Labrador
Siberia
Smith
H.B. C
North America
Red River
John McDonald
Dominion
Fort Garry
Louis Teille
Riel
Wolseley
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Selkirk
West Montreal
Dominion House
United States
Lon
Lord Strathcona Empire Builder and Donor Remembered
Don as High Commissioner of Canada and held office until his death January 21, 1914. Lord Strathcona was a generous giver and Montreal owes much to his lavish gifts. In 1907 he contributed 250000 for physical and military training in Dominion public schools, but his most spectacular act was sending the Strathcona Horse to South Africa at a cost over 1000000. Its banner bore the motto Perseverance, sum of his life’s public service.
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Don
Canada
Lord Strathcona
Montreal
Dominion
Empire
South Africa
Strathcona Horse
Manitoba Call and See Up and Arrange Your Sale Dates
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