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===Things named after Fleming=== ====Geographical features==== *The town of [[Fleming, Saskatchewan]] (located on the Canadian Pacific Railway) was named in his honour in 1882.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/fleming.html|title=The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan β Details|author=Cory Toth β Encyclopedia Of Saskatchewan|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527045726/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/fleming.html|archive-date=May 27, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> *[[Mount Sir Sandford]], which is the highest mountain in the [[Sir Sandford Range]] of the [[Selkirk Mountains]], and the 12th highest peak in British Columbia, is named after him.<ref>{{cite bcgnis|21397|Mount Sir Sandford}}></ref> *Sandford Island and Fleming Island in [[Barkley Sound]], British Columbia were named after him.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Akrigg|first1=G.P.V & Helen|title=British Columbia Place Names|date=1997|publisher=[[University of British Columbia Press]]|isbn=0-7748-0636-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9/page/82 82]|edition=3rd|url=https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9/page/82}}</ref> *[[Sir Sandford Fleming Park]], a {{convert|38|ha|acre|adj=on}} Canadian urban park in Halifax, also known as "The Dingle" (as shown above under "Later life"). *Sandford Fleming Avenue, a street in Ottawa, home to the city's main post office. *Sir Sandford Fleming Drive, a street in Peterborough. *Sandford Fleming Drive, a street in Collingwood, Ontario. ====Buildings and institutions==== * Fleming Hall was built in his honour at [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's]] in 1901, and rebuilt after a fire in 1933. It was the home of the university's Electrical Engineering department.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/f/fleming-hall |title=Fleming Hall |encyclopedia=Queen's Encyclopedia |publisher=Queen's University |language=en |access-date=February 6, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726124205/http://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/f/fleming-hall |archive-date=July 26, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * In [[Peterborough, Ontario]], [[Fleming College]], a [[List of Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology|Community College of Applied Arts and Technology]] bearing his name, was opened in 1967, with additional campuses in [[Lindsay, Ontario|Lindsay/Kawartha Lakes]], [[Haliburton, Ontario|Haliburton]], and [[Cobourg, Ontario|Cobourg]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://flemingcollege.ca/50 |title=Fleming 50th |publisher=Fleming College |language=en |access-date=February 6, 2018 |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207125214/https://flemingcollege.ca/50 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * The Sandford Fleming building of the [[University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering]] (Sandford Fleming building)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://map.utoronto.ca/utsg/building/009 |title=Sandford Fleming Building |website=University of Toronto |language=en |access-date=February 6, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709152638/http://map.utoronto.ca/utsg/building/009 |archive-date=July 9, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * Sir Sandford Fleming elementary school was built in Vancouver in 1913.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://heritagevancouver.org/top10-watch-list/2014/5-south-vancouver-high-school/ |title=South Vancouver High School β A memory in the community |website=Heritage Vancouver |language=en-CA |access-date=February 6, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207064650/http://heritagevancouver.org/top10-watch-list/2014/5-south-vancouver-high-school/ |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * [[John Polanyi Collegiate Institute|Sir Sanford Fleming Academy]], located in [[North York, Ontario]] was built in 1964 and was renamed to John Polanyi Collegiate Institute in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/oise/News/cbc_national_great_teachers_docseries_110829.html|title = OISE :: CBC national great teachers docseries 110829 :: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto| date=February 15, 2024 }}</ref> * Sir Sandford Fleming House, Brunswick Street, Halifax, Fleming's home from 1866 to 1871, now used by a housing and addiction outreach group.<ref>[https://halfwayhouses.ca/en/region/ahha/facility/francis_fleming_house/ Sir Sandford FLeming House Shelter]</ref> * The Fleming Lodge, home to Fleming from 1872 to 1915, Blenheim Terrace, Halifax.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/2-3m-fleming-mansion-for-sale-in-halifax-1.1704435 "Fleming Mansion For Sale", ''CBC News'', Sept. 6, 2013]</ref> * Sir Sandford Fleming Cottage, at "the Dingle", Fleming's summer home circa 1886 to 1915 and place of his death, [[Sir Sandford Fleming Park]], Halifax.<ref name="historicplaces.ca"/>
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