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  2. 2013 Alberta floods - Wikipedia

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    Total damage estimates exceeded C$5 billion and in terms of insurable damages, made the 2013 Alberta floods the costliest disaster in Canadian history at $1.7 billion, until the occurrence of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire. Receding waters gave way to a mammoth cleanup of affected areas, aided by a spontaneous volunteer campaign in which many ...

  3. Crowfoot Ferry - Wikipedia

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    Originally opened in 1927, [2] It is located 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) / Highway 56 intersection and is maintained by Alberta Transportation. The ferry suffered considerable damage during the 2013 Alberta floods and was out of operation for four years while it was rebuilt.

  4. Category:2013 disasters in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada portal; History portal; ... 2013 Alberta floods; C. 2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake; D. ... This page was last edited on 13 October 2020, ...

  5. Elbow Falls - Wikipedia

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    Elbow Falls is a small set of waterfalls along the Elbow River, west of the hamlet of Bragg Creek within Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta. They are located along Highway 66 , 20 km (12 mi) west of the Bragg Creek turnoff on Highway 22 .

  6. Category:Natural disasters in Alberta - Wikipedia

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    Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file; Search. Search. ... 2013 Alberta floods; F. ... This page was last edited on 26 September 2019, ...

  7. Obed Mountain coal mine spill - Wikipedia

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    Located about 30 km (19 mi) east of Hinton, the Obed Mountain Mine was a 7,460-hectare (18,400-acre) thermal coal mine with the capacity to produce about 3.2 million tonnes (7.1 billion pounds) of coal per year; [3] 2.6 million tonnes (5.7 billion pounds) are proven to exist, and up to 84.7 million more tonnes (187 billion pounds) were posited. [3]

  8. List of disasters in Canada - Wikipedia

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    2013 Alberta floods: Flood southwest Alberta around Calgary Region: Prairies 5 2013 July 6: Lac-Mégantic rail disaster: Rail accident Lac-Mégantic, Quebec: Central Canada 47 2013 September 18: Ottawa bus–train crash: Rail-traffic accident Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada 6 2014 January 23: L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire: Fire L'Isle-Verte ...

  9. History of flooding in Canada - Wikipedia

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    River floods can occur throughout the year with precipitation leading to summer floods (1995 and 2005 floods) and river ice creating a potential for flooding in the winter (1997 floods). River flooding in Southern Alberta during the spring of 2005 tragically resulted in the loss of 3 lives and an economic loss of hundreds of millions of dollars."