British Columbia Events

1896 May 26 Point Ellice Bridge Disaster
On May 26, 1896 in Victoria, British Columbia, a streetcar crowded with 143 holidaymakers on their way to attend celebrations of Queen Victoria’s birthday, crashed through Point Ellice Br...
1906 Jan 22 Wreck of the SS Valencia
On Monday, January 22, 1906, the coastal passenger liner SS Valencia, en route from San Francisco to Seattle with 108 passengers and 65 crew aboard, passed the entrance to the Strait of J...
1956 Dec 9 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 Crash
An east-bound Trans-Canada Air Lines plane vanished Sunday night with 62 persons aboard ini turbulent weather over the mountains of southwest British Columbia. No trace of the plane has y...
2010 Feb 12 Nodar Kumaritashvili is Killed During a Training Run for the 2010 Winter Olympics
One of the most feared luge runs in the world went from sporting venue to death trap in the blink of an eye. A gruesome accident during Friday morning’s training session took the young...
2010 Feb 12
to 2010 Feb 28
 XXI Olympic Winter Games Held in Vancouver, British Columbia
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010 in Vancouver, Br...