Mount Strachan

Mount Strachan is located in Alberta
Mount Strachan
Mount Strachan
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Mount Strachan is located in British Columbia
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Mount Strachan (British Columbia)
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CountryCanadaProvincesAlberta and British ColumbiaDistrictKootenay Land District[5]Parent rangeHigh Rock Range
Canadian Rockies[1][3]Topo mapNTS 82J7 Mount Head[4]

Mount Strachan is located North of Fording River Pass and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border.[5] It was named in 1918 after Lt. Henry Strachan, VC, a Scottish born Canadian army officer.[1][3]Lt. Strachan was awarded the Victoria Cross after leading his regiment through German lines in World War I, killing seven gunners of a machine gun battery with his own sword and returning safely with his men and 15 prisoners through enemy lines during the night.[5]

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  1. ^ a b c "Mount Strachan". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  2. ^ a b "Topographic map of Mount Strachan". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mount Strachan". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Strachan (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  5. ^ a b c "Mount Strachan". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
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