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Major Avalanches
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The following are descriptions of all the major avalanches shown on the map.
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- Roger's Pass-1906
- Roger's Pass, British Columbia; 62 dead.
Source: Emergency Preparedness Canada.
- Roger's Pass-1910
- Roger's Pass, British Columbia; 62 dead (CPR workmen), one survivor;
an avalanche struck workers as they cleared the tracks of snow
dumped by a previous slide.
Source: Emergency Preparedness Canada. Significant Disasters in
Canada, September, 1995.
- Cooper Mine-1915
- Cooper Mine, Jane Camp, British Columbia; 56 dead, approximately
22 injured; a rock avalanche from above a portal of a mine wiped
out half the buildings at a mine campsite, catching many miners
in their bunkhouses.
Source: International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Canadian
National Report. Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy
of Engineering, 1994.
- Cooper Mine-1918
- Roger's Pass, British Columbia; 62 dead.
Source: International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Canadian
National Report. Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy
of Engineering, 1994.
- Mount Temple, Lake Louise-1955
- Mount Temple, Lake Louise, Alberta; 7 skiers killed; July 11,
1955 inexperienced climbers were swept away by an avalanche.
Source: Emergency Preparedness Canada, National Geographic and
National Atlas of Canada. Natural Hazards Poster-Map, 1996.
- Granduc Mine-1965
- Granduc Mine, British Columbia; 26 dead, 22 injured; an avalanche
destroyed a miners' camp.
Source: Emergency Preparedness Canada. Significant Disasters in
Canada, September, 1995.
- Terrace-1971
- Terrace, British Columbia; seven dead, one survivor; eight people
were waiting out a storm in a small café when an avalanche
struck the building.
Source: Emergency Preparedness Canada. Significant Disasters in
Canada, September, 1995.
- Purcell Range-1979
- British Columbia; an avalanche took the lives of seven heli-skiers
in the Purcell Range southwest of Golden, British Columbia.
Source: Emergency Preparedness Canada. Significant Disasters in
Canada, September, 1995.
- Conrad Icefield-1981
- British Columbia; an avalanche killed 3 heli-skiers near Conrad
Icefield, west of Golden, British Columbia.
Source: Emergency Preparedness Canada. Significant Disasters in
Canada, September, 1995.
- Blue River-1987
- Blue River, British Columbia; an avalanche took the lives of
6 American heli-skiers and their Canadian guide.
Source: Emergency Preparedness Canada. Significant Disasters in
Canada, September, 1995.
- Banff-1990
- Banff, Alberta; four people from Calgary were killed by an avalanche
while cross-country skiing in Banff National Park.
Source: Emergency Preparedness Canada. Significant Disasters in
Canada, September, 1995.
- Purcell Mountains-1991
- Purcell Mountains, British Columbia; nine heli-skiers were killed
in a massive avalanche in Bugaboo Glacier Provincial Park.
Source: Emergency Preparedness Canada. Significant Disasters in
Canada, September, 1995.
- Kangiqsualujjuaq-1999
- The Inuit community of Kangiqsualujjuaq, grieved after 9 died
in Quebec's worst avalanche. Four adults and five children died
in the tragedy after tonnes of snow came cascading down the sheer
face of a 365-metre-high cliff at 1:30 am on January 1, knocking
out a wall and swamping those inside the gymnasium where the New
Year's Eve party was being held. Some of the 25 injured were in
critical condition and 10 other buildings were evacuated. The
school was located too close to the hill against safety regulations.
Although human error has been noted as a possible cause, due to
disregard of certain warnings, blame has not been placed.
Source: Emergency Preparedness Canada
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