Glenora, also known historically as the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Glenora and during the Cassiar Gold Rush as Glenora Landing, was an unincorporated settlement in the

Stikine Country The Stikine Country , also referred to as the Stikine District or simply "the Stikine", is one of the historical geographic regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located inland from the central Alaska Panhandle and comprising the ...

of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It was located on the banks of the Stikine River, just southwest and approximately 13 miles downstream from the community of Telegraph Creek. A customs office existed 1901–1903.

Name origin

Helen B. Akrigg and G.P.V. Akrigg in their ''British Columbia Place Names'' ascribe the origin of the name to a combination of the Gaelic ''glenn'' for "valley" with the Spanish ''ora'' for gold.

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Hudson's Bay Company forts Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Stikine Country Hudson's Bay Company trading posts Populated places on the Stikine River {{BritishColumbiaInterior-geo-stub

Name origin

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