Was die Aufzeichnungen sagen
- Wann
- 21. Nov. 1950
- Art
- Eisenbahnunfall
- Koordinaten
- 52.76° N, 119.27° W
- Description
- 1950 train crash in British Columbia, Canada
- Deaths
- 21
- Injured
- 61
Canoe River train crash
1950 train crash in British Columbia, Canada
The Canoe River train crash occurred on November 21, 1950, near Valemount in eastern British Columbia, Canada, when a westbound troop train and the eastbound Canadian National Railway (CNR) Continental Limited collided head-on. The collision killed 21 people: 17 Canadian soldiers en route to the Korean War and the two-man locomotive crew of each train.
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