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The Famous 1910 Rogers Pass Avalanche
Created by: Lisa Blumin
Teacher: Mr. Len Silvini
Course: CGC1D
School: Discovery Academy
Date 1
- Winters were extremely cold, and summers were extremely hot
- Used to be around -25 degrees
- Coldest temperature in Canada ever recorded was in 1947 with the temperature of -62.8 Celsius
- Before global warming, Canada used to have all 4 full seasons
The aftermath
- A massive snow avalanche which killed 62 men
- It happened when a crew of men were clearing a railroad line
- The railroad line was outside of Revelstoke in Rogers Pass through the Selkirk Mountains in BC
- It is Canada’s worst avalanche disaster
Rogers Pass
- Around 400 meters of track were buried.
- Wooden cars behind the locomotive were crushed and all but one of the workmen were instantly buried in the deep snow
- The men did a great job of trying to clean the snow
- the beginning of the day was cold (-20 C)
- air temperature at the pass had soared to above freezing
- The large body of snow was above a railroad line
- Due to the vibrations of trains, the snow began falling
- It became larger as it picked up snow from the mountain
- the Rogers Pass was completed in November 1885
- consisted of snow-sheds to prevent snow avalanches
- There were vulnerable areas near the track which couldn't be protected.
- Canada struggled economically and financially after the avalanche ; many establihsments were greatly damaged, and Canada had to pay a great deal of money to recover
- 62 People died
- Many people lost their homes, animals, crops, etc
- Many people got sick, and/ or were left disabled
- Many animals died from the impact of the avalanche
- Many suffocated under the snow, and many were left disabled
- Their homes were tarnished, leaving them homeless and unprotected from the cold
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910_Rogers_Pass_avalanche#:~:text=The%201910%20Rogers%20Pass%20Avalanche,Canada's%20worst%20avalanche%20disaster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington,_Washington#:~:text=1910%20avalanche,-Wellington%20depot%20before&text=Up%20to%20a%20foot%20(30,were%20trapped%20in%20the%20depot.
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/this-day-in-weather-history-march-4-1910-rogers-pass-avalanche
https://www.revelstokemuseum.ca/blog/2016/3/4/overwhelmed-remembering-the-march-4-1910-avalanche-at-rogers-pass#:~:text=From%20a%20daytime%20high%20of,Pacific%20Railway%20at%20the%20summit.