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- Title
Les victimes d'avalanche au Québec entre 1825 et 2009.
- Authors
Hétu, Bernard; Brown, Kati; Germain, Daniel
- Abstract
Fatal avalanche accidents in Québec (Canada) 1825 to 2009 Archival research, coroner's investigations, and newspaper searches reveal the occurrence of 43 deadly snow avalanches in Québec since 1825. Historical records indicate 73 fatalities and more than 50 injuries. Sixty percent of the victims were younger than 20 years old. More than 50 percent of the victims (38 fatalities in 12 incidents) were inside or near a residential building, usually their home, mainly in the cities of Québec and Lévis. The second-most deadly category is recreational activities, with over 24 deaths in 20 accidents. Most of these deadly incidents occurred on very short slopes (<70 metres of relief) outside mountainous areas. Only five fatalities were related to backcountry recreational activities in highlands. The inventory of avalanche-threatened areas has never been completed in the Province of Québec and it is likely that avalanche-prone areas are more widespread than previously thought.
- Subjects
CANADA; AVALANCHE accidents; RECREATION; MASS casualties; UPLANDS
- Publication
Canadian Geographer, 2011, Vol 55, Issue 3, p273
- ISSN
0008-3658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1541-0064.2010.00338.x