Mount Strachan is located North of Fording River Pass and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border. It was named in 1918 after Lt. Henry Strachan, VC, a Scottish born Canadian army officer. 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.
See also List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
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