Brosseau Station

Brosseau Station or Brosseau is a former village and former railway station in the present city of Brossard, Quebec, Canada.^[1]

Brosseau Station
Coordinates: 45.433333°N 73.466667°W / 45.433333; -73.466667
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	None
Agglomeration	Longueuil
City	Brossard

1953 house fire

A fire in December 1953 killed three children.^[2]

1956 railway accident

Two railway workers were killed in a train wreck in Brosseau in 1956.^[3][4]

References

1. "Bien avant "Brossard"". Brossardana en images (in French). 2014-07-11. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
2. "Three children are victims of blaze destroying Brosseau Station home". The Gazette. Montréal. February 26, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
3. "CANADIAN WRECK KILLS 2; Seven Cars of Train Derailed Near Brosseau, Que". The New York Times. December 28, 1956. p. 6.
4. "Brosseau, QC Train Wreck, Dec 1956. Train Wreck in Canada Kills Two". Yuma Daily Sun. Yuma, Arizona: GenDisasters. 1956-12-28. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2017-12-28.

• Fiche descriptive. Commission de toponymie du Québec.
• Natural Resources Canada. Geographical Names. Brosseau.
• En Cour de Police, La Patrie, November 22, 1948

External links

• Quartier Brosseau website
• Photograph of Brosseau railway station circa 1945