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Les Éboulements, Quebec: 44 Canada's deadliest traffic accident occurred in Les Eboulements, Quebec, after a bus transporting a group of seniors suffered brake failure and careened down an embankment into a ravine, killing 43 on board including the driver. Fatigue and maintenance were found to be contributing factors in the crash. [1]
The crash and fall slammed the occupants violently around the interior of the vehicle, injuring most of them fatally. No skid marks were found on the road at the site of the crash, leading authorities to immediately suspect brake failure. Witnesses also reported the smell of burning brake fluid coming from the bus. [3]
Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 4 1996 July 19–20: Saguenay flood: Flood Saguenay-region, Quebec Central Canada 10 1997 April: Red River flood of 1997 (Red Sea Flood) Flood Manitoba Prairies 0 1997: 2nd Les Éboulements bus accident: Traffic accident Quebec Central Canada 44 Deadliest traffic accident in Canadian history 1998 January 5–9
In Quebec in 1917, 32 different teaching orders operated 586 boarding schools for girls. At that time there was no public education for girls in Quebec beyond elementary school. The first hospital was founded in 1701. In 1936, the nuns of Quebec operated 150 institutions, with 30,000 beds to care for the long-term sick, the homeless, and ...
The De la Concorde overpass collapse occurred at a bridge over Quebec Autoroute 19 in Laval, Quebec, Canada, at midday on September 30, 2006.On that Saturday, around 12:30 pm, the centre section of the south lane of an overpass (65-foot or 19.8-metre section of a three-lane overpass) [1] collapsed in Laval, a suburb of Montreal, on Boulevard de la Concorde running over Autoroute 19.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar ... Pages in category "Disasters in Quebec" ... 0–9. 1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash; A. Accident at Lac ...
Crew were returning to the ship on a launch after a brief excursion when the launch was struck by the tugboat Nanoose. Only 5 of the crew on board survived. [61] 11 1899 Caledonia mine explosion Explosion Glace Bay, Nova Scotia [62] 11 1979 1979 Saint-Rosalie bus crash Bus crash Saint-Rosalie, Quebec
This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history. Events taking place outside Quebec, for example in English Canada, the United States, Britain or France, may be included when they are considered to have had a significant impact on Quebec's history. 1533 and before; 1534 to 1607; 1608 to 1662; 1663 to 1759; 1760 to 1773; 1774 to 1790 ...