HISTORICAL NEWS SEARCH - Government of British Columbia

March 25, 1989 A piece of falling ice on Highway 16 at Carwash Rock west of Terrace killed the driver of a pick-up
truck.
November, 1989 A logging truck driver was killed when his truck left Highway 37A after hitting a rock fall at the
entrance to Little Canyon near Stewart.
June 11, 1990 A van carrying eight tree planters plunged off a partly washed out bridge over George Creek, killing
four occupants.
November 27, 1991 An avalanche coming down Twin Falls near Smithers killed one ice-climber and injured four
others.
January 3, 1992 A snow avalanche on Thornhill Mountain near Terrace buried and killed two local snowmobilers.
November 19, 1993 A small debris flow on the eastern shore of Alan Reach south of Kitimat buried and killed one
logging employee.
May 22, 1994 A small snow avalanche killed one member of a ski-mountaineering group near Europa Lake south of
Kitimat. The victim was swept over a 360-metre cliff.
September 28, 1994 A heavy equipment operator was killed when a section of road under construction at Kiseadin Creek
near Greenville gave way.
May 17, 1996 An avalanche down the slope of Cerberus Mountain about 70 km from Bella Coola killed four skiers.
April 16, 1997 In West Quesnel, shifting soil snapped a gas line and caused an explosion that killed five people and
injured 20 others.
January 7, 1999 An avalanche near Meziadin killed two Terrace-based Ministry of Transportation and Highways
avalanche technicians.
December 28, 2002 Two Alberta snowmobilers got caught in an avalanche south of Valemount. One of the victims
was killed.
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B.C. Ministry of Mines. 1960. Annual report 1959. Victoria, B.C., pp. 231-232.
B.C. Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources. 1966. Annual report 1965.
Victoria, B.C., pp. 366-374.
B.C. Ministry of Public Works. 1957. Report for the fiscal year 1955-56. Victoria, B.C.,
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B.C. Ministry of Public Works. 1958. Report for the fiscal year 1956-57. Victoria, B.C.,
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B.C. Ministry of Public Works. 1963. Report for the fiscal year 1961-62. Victoria, B.C.,
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