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1910 Rogers Pass avalanche information


1910 Rogers Pass avalanche
Workers recover bodies and clear the tracks on March 5
Details
DateMarch 4, 1910
23:30
LocationRogers Pass, British Columbia
Coordinates51°17′00″N 117°30′43″W / 51.28333°N 117.51194°W / 51.28333; -117.51194
CountryCanada
OperatorCanadian Pacific Railway
Incident typeAvalanche
Statistics
Trains1
Deaths58
Injured1

The 1910 Rogers Pass Avalanche killed 58 men clearing a railroad line just outside of Revelstoke in Rogers Pass through the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia on March 4, 1910.[1] It is Canada's worst avalanche disaster.

  1. ^ Disasters of the century - Rogers Pass Avalanche. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010.

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