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Leanchoil station

Coordinates: 51°13′0″N 116°37′0″W / 51.21667°N 116.61667°W / 51.21667; -116.61667
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Leanchoil
CP train approaching station
General information
LocationBritish Columbia
Canada
Coordinates51°13′0″N 116°37′0″W / 51.21667°N 116.61667°W / 51.21667; -116.61667 [1][2]
Train operatorsCanadian Pacific Railway
Former services
Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station
Golden
toward Vancouver
Main Line Field

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

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  1. ^ "Leanchoil". Geographical names in Canada. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ a b "Leanchoil". BC Geographical Names. Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  3. ^ "Collections and Fonds – 3307515: C.P.R. (Canadian Pacific Railway) Station, Leanchoil, B.C." Library and Archives Canada. 25 November 2016.
  4. ^ McDonald, Donna (2002). Lord Strathcona: A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith. Dundern. p. 53. ISBN 978-1550023978.
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