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Romance of Strathcona and Mount Royal Life
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Donald Smith dies in London at 94. His life blends hardship in Labrador with rise to Hudson Bay Company chief, cofounding the Canadian Pacific Railway, and marrying his Indian wife Isabella in a saga of devotion and empire. He built railways, funded hospitals and universities, and served as Canada’s high commissioner in London.
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Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Canada
London
Donald Smith
Hudson Bay Company
Labrador
St. James
Victoria
Isabella
Bock
Queen Victoria
Donald
Church of England
Labrador Forest
Forest
Strathcona
Edward
Alexandria
George
Queen Mary
Donald Alexander Smith
Scotland
Smith
Hudson Bay Co
Gerat Mackenzie
Arctic Circle
North
Strait of Belle Islet
Montreal
Company
George Simpson
Empire Builder
St. Paul & Pacific
St. Paul
Canadian
Prairie
James Hill
Manitoba
Canadian Northwest
Pacific Coast
John MacDonald
MacDonald
Craigellachie
B. C
Canadian Pacific
McGill University
Royal Victoria College
Royal Victoria Hospital
Atlantic
Glasgow
Winnipeg
Pictou
N. S