1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic

When

1862

Kind

Epidemic

Coordinates

47.91° N, 103.79° W

Description

pandemic

Deaths

14000

Cause

passenger

Placed at the middle of the 2 countries Wikidata lists.

Disease outbreak in North America

The 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic was a major outbreak of smallpox that began in Victoria, on Vancouver Island, and quickly spread among Indigenous peoples across the Pacific Northwest Coast and the Northwest Plateau.

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