2005 CN Rail Cheakamus River derailment
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Nine Canadian National Railway train cars derailed into the Cheakamus River in British Columbia on August 5, 2005. The cars contained approximately 40,000 litres of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), which entered the river, killing over 500,000 fish from 10 different species, including: Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, Pink salmon, Steelhead, and Rainbow trout.[1]
The train had 144 cars. On November 5, 2005, federal transport minister Jean Lapierre ordered CN to limit the number of cars on its conventional trains traveling in the area of the derailment between Squamish and Clinton, to 80 cars.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Cheakamus River Spill. The Pacific Streamkeepers Federation (2005-08-05).
- ^ "Ottawa limits CN train lengths", The Vancouver Sun.
[edit] External links
- Government of British Columbia Environmental Emergency Management Program report of the incident
- Database of related media links from the Pacific Streamkeepers Federation
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