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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Strathcona School
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Dates of existence
1953-
History
Named after the residential neighbourhood it was constructed in. The Strathcona neighbourhood was named after Sir Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914). In the 1870s, Smith was a politician and railroad financier who promoted the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1896, he was appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. An addition was added to the school in 1957.
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10450 72 Avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta T6E 0Z6
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Authority record identifier
EPSAM-0076
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Final
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Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Record created September 15, 2021.
Record revised August 30, 2022.
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- English
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Sources
A Century and Ten by M.A. Kostek
Naming Edmonton by City of Edmonton
Finding Aid Edmonton Public Schools Building Inventory
Maintenance notes
Record created by AE.
Record revised by KM.