1910 Rogers Pass avalanche
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The 1910 Rogers Pass Avalanche killed 58 men clearing a railroad line just outside of Revelstoke in Rogers Pass through the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia on March 4, 1910.[1] It is Canada's worst avalanche disaster.
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1910 Rogers Pass avalanche | |
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Date | March 4, 1910 23:30 |
Location | Rogers Pass, British Columbia |
Coordinates | 51°17′00″N 117°30′43″W |
Country | Canada |
Operator | Canadian Pacific Railway |
Incident type | Avalanche |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Deaths | 58 |
Injured | 1 |
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