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Thomas Grant Hadwin (born October 25, 1949) was a Canadian forest engineer. In January 1997, he felled Kiidk'yaas (also known as "the Golden Spruce"), a Sitka Spruce tree located on the Haida Gwaii archipelago and considered sacred by the Haida people. Hadwin stated that he cut the tree down as a protest against the logging industry.
1,500 Mohawk people warriors attack Lachine and kill 250 people. 3 Mohawk warriors were killed in the process 253 1857 SS Montreal: Shipwreck St. Lawrence River, Quebec Caught on fire near Quebec City [14] 250 1913 Great Lakes Storm of 1913: Blizzard/Storm Great Lakes, Ontario Estimate is for both Canadian and U.S. fatalities 238 1797 HMS Tribune
A series of around 1,000 wildfires took place mostly across Northern Alberta burning over 883,000 hectares of forest. The most prominent of the fires being the ones affecting High Level . [ 38 ] [ 39 ]
In 2016, 15,489,117 hectares (38,274,440 acres) of Canadian forests were destroyed by insects. [2] Two main insects place the Canadian forestry industry at risk, the mountain pine beetle and the emerald ash borer. The mountain pine beetle has destroyed much of the western lodgepole pine stock. The pine beetle has thrived due to a combination of ...
Canadian flying ace James was last seen in western Massachusetts on 2 June, just days after a record-setting flight between Atlantic City and Boston. [29] 2 December 1919 Ambrose Small: 56 Toronto, Canada The Canadian millionaire disappeared from his office. He was last seen at 5:30 pm on 2 December 1919 at the Grand Opera House. [30]
Village of Lac La Biche destroyed. 300+ people homeless. An estimated $200,000 in property damage. Cause: drought, high winds, lightning. Forest Fire area burned is an estimation. [35] [36] 1922: 415,000 acres (168,000 ha) Great Fire of 1922: Ontario: Killed 43 people and burnt through 18 townships in the Timiskaming District. 1923 Giant ...
Wortman committed multiple shootings and set fires at several locations in Nova Scotia, killing 22 people in deadliest rampage in Canadian history. [416] Thirteen hours after police began pursuing him, at 11:26 a.m., Wortman pulled into the Irving Big Stop service area in Enfield , 92 kilometres (57 mi) south of Portapique and 40 kilometres (25 ...
Manitoba saw 266,000 hectares of forest burned in 2024, about 60,000 hectares more than 2023. [50] The first wildfire was detected on April 8, compared to April 30 in 2023. [ 50 ] Of the 291 fires recorded through the season, 105 were human-caused and 206 needed a full firefighting response.