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Thames River, Ontario: Central Canada c. 182 1885 February 10: Vale Colliery explosion: Mining disaster near Stellarton, Nova Scotia: Maritimes 13 1887: Nanaimo mine explosion: Mining disaster Nanaimo, British Columbia: West Coast 148 1889 September 19: Québec rockslide: Geologic collapse near Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 40+ 1890 May 16
List of rivers of Alberta; List of rivers of British Columbia; List of rivers of Manitoba; List of rivers of New Brunswick; List of rivers of Newfoundland and Labrador; List of rivers of the Northwest Territories; List of rivers of Nova Scotia; List of rivers of Nunavut; List of rivers of Ontario; List of rivers of Prince Edward Island; List of ...
In a 1973 City of Calgary flood plain management report by Montreal Engineering Co. Ltd., estimates of flood-frequency of the Bow River upstream of the Elbow River in Calgary provided the following results: There is a 10-percent annual exceedance probability (AEP) flood or a 10-year flood return period with a peak flow or flood discharge ...
The 2019 spring floods in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick were exceptional floods in eastern Ontario, southern Quebec and from the St.John River region to New Brunswick, Canada. In fact, flooding along the Ottawa River has been recognized as the most important weather event of the year 2019 in Canada, and the one along the Saint John River as ...
Among the longest rivers of Canada are 47 streams of at least 600 km (370 mi). In the case of some rivers such as the Columbia, the length listed in the table below is solely that of the main stem. In the case of others such as the Mackenzie, it is the combined lengths of the main stem and one or more upstream tributaries, as noted.
Today Highway 20 runs through the length and breadth in the center. [4] Saint Pierre River: started in Côte-des-Neiges down to Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and widened forming Lake Otter. It then narrowed back to a river and lead to the St. Lawrence River in Nuns' Island. Little St. Pierre River: created artificially in 1697 under the name of "St ...
Operation Vanguard is a military police joint task force (JTF) set up by the President of Ghana in 2017 to combat illegal mining, known as galamsey.Over the years, the practice has depleted Ghana's forest cover and polluted bodies of water due to the crude and unregulated nature of the mining process.
A number of monuments and memorials in Canada were removed or destroyed as a result of protests and riots between 2020 and 2022. These included six sculptures of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada, three of other figures connected to the Canadian Indian residential school system (Alexander Wood, Egerton Ryerson and Joseph Hugonard), two of Canadian monarchs (Queen ...