Sir Sandford

[ san-ferd ]

noun

1. Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3,533 meters).

Example Sentences

This is merely introductory to a paragraph or two from Sir Sandford Fleming's account of his journey through the mountains in 1883—something to ponder over as we rush down the same wild valley in our luxurious observation car.

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A semi-centennial memorial volume, published 1899, contains Early Days of the Canadian Institute by Sir Sandford Fleming.

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Fleming, Sir Sandford, his All-Red route, 142, 143, 149.

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The old confusing diversity of local time has been remedied by the adoption of a zone system, in consequence largely of the persistent advocacy of Sir Sandford Fleming.

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Fleming, Sir Sandford, 245, 246; and the Intercolonial, 56-7, 106-8, 117; and the C.P.R.,

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