From Penniless Scottish Clerk to Montreal's Grandest House | Lord Strathcona Mansion
On the north side of Dorchester Street, in the heart of Montreal's Golden Square Mile, there once stood a fortress of grey limestone that many considered the most handsome house in the entire city. It belonged to Donald Smith, the man King Edward VII fondly called Uncle Donald, who rose from a modest childhood on the windswept coast of Scotland to become Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, the largest shareholder in the Hudson's Bay Company, and one of the towering figures behind the Canadian Pacific Railway. How we make our videos: Camera: Sony a6400 Microphone: Shure SM7B Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 XLR Cable: Mogami Gold XLR Cable Green Screen: Neewer Green Screen Teleprompter: Neewer Teleprompter Production Credits: Scripts: Ken Weiss Storyboard: Ken Weiss Video Editor: Dalton Sturm Location: Montreal, Canada Public Domain Photos from: Library of Congress Assets from: Envato Elements Music from Epidemic Sound
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