True Canadian Disaster Stories

A collection of twenty historic tales of tragedy experienced by Canadians of the not-so-distant past. These events – inflicted by climate, geography, war, and human negligence – left no one untouched. From the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845, to the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1919, to the Vancouver Bridge disaster of 1958, this book captures the total devastation these disasters had on small towns and large cities across Canada. The shocking and heart-rending stories have been collected from survivor eye-witness accounts and archived reports recorded at the time the events took place. Written with compassion and a keen eye for chilling detail, these stories show how disasters, both natural and man-made, can strike at any time, changing lives forever.