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    The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster occurred in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, on July 6, 2013, at approximately 1:14 a.m. EDT, when an unattended...
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    Lac-Mégantic (French pronunciation: [lak meɡɑ̃tik]) is a town in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on Lac Mégantic, a freshwater lake...
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  • Lac Megantic may refer to: Lac Mégantic or Lake Mégantic, a lake in Quebec near its border with Maine Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, a town on the shores of the...
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    arrests in connection with Lac-Mégantic disaster, TV report says" 22 March 2014 Toronto Sun Investigation into Lac-Megantic train derailment complete,...
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    town of Lac-Mégantic, leading to a fire and explosion that led to many deaths and destruction of buildings. One issue raised by the Lac-Mégantic derailment...
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    The technical investigation of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster looked into the instigating and mitigating factors regarding the incident, one of the deadliest...
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  • The Globe & Mail July 7, 2013 Lac-Megantic disaster: Engineer blamed for Canada blast BBC News July 10. 2013 "Lac Mégantic rail disaster company MM&A files...
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    Lake Mégantic (French: Lac Mégantic, French pronunciation: [lak meɡɑ̃tik]) is a body of water in Québec, located in the Appalachian Mountains near the...
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    east side of Mégantic drains into Rivière Victoria, thence into Lac Mégantic, the Chaudière River, and the St. Lawrence. The rest of Mégantic drains into...
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  • from the Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead riding. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Beauce, Compton—Stanstead and Mégantic—L'Érable ridings...
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  • Sherbrooke to Lac-Mégantic between Thanksgiving and Halloween 2013, however, was scrapped as the embargo between Lennoxville and Lac-Mégantic forced Orford...
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  • Compton—Frontenac, Mégantic and Stanstead ridings. The new riding was defined to consist of: the Towns of Coaticook, Cookshire, East Angus, Lac-Mégantic, Rock Island...
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    of Courcelles. Notable towns include Thetford Mines, Plessisville and Lac-Mégantic. The neighbouring ridings are Compton—Stanstead, Richmond—Arthabaska...
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  • Mégantic can refer to: Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, a municipality in southeastern Quebec formerly called Mégantic Lac-Mégantic derailment, a train derailment...
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  • Netflix faced criticism for its use of stock footage from the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster in multiple original productions, including the series...
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  • Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident (French: Lac-Mégantic : ceci n’est pas un accident) is a Canadian documentary television series, directed by Philippe...
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    Marais of Lac Mégantic, which has an approximate area of 5 km2 (1.9 sq mi). The pond is located between Lac aux Araignées and Lake Mégantic. Its main...
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    On 6 July 2013 the Lac-Mégantic derailment caused a major oil spill which contaminated the river at its source at Lac Mégantic. Downstream communities...
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    transported by rail has increased. It was invigorated in 2013 after the deadly Lac-Mégantic disaster in Quebec when a freight train derailed and spilled 5.56 million...
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  • Nelly Arcan (category People from Lac-Mégantic, Quebec)
    24, 2009) was a Canadian novelist. Arcan was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Arcan's first novel Putain (2001;...
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    outlet of the lake passes through lac des Joncs (Mégantic), a pond adjacent to an area of the swamp south of lac Mégantic. The lake is called this because...
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  • downhill toward Lac-Mégantic. In advance of its premiere, the series received a special public screening for residents of Lac-Mégantic. Opinion in the...
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  • the July 6, 2013 Lac-Mégantic derailment of a runaway train loaded with crude oil obliterated much of historic downtown Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, causing...
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    2013). "Timeline of Key Events in Lac-Megantic, Quebec Train Disaster". National Post. "Search resumes in Lac-Mégantic for 5 still missing". July 21, 2013...
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    train that caught fire in the deadly 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster in Quebec. Part of the disaster at Lac-Mégantic has been blamed on the fact that much...
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  • (188.5 km) Brownville Junction, ME to Lac-Mégantic, QC) Sherbrooke Subdivision (125.6 mi (202.1 km) Lac-Mégantic, QC to Brookport, QC) Adirondack Subdivision...
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    killed 10 and injured 250 others Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Lac-Mégantic rail disaster (2013), a MMA Railway freight train carrying crude oil...
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  • shut down following a small fire. It derailed twelve kilometres away in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, igniting the Bakken light crude oil from 44 DOT-111...
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    Greenville, whereupon it joined Canadian Pacific trackage to Megantic, Quebec on Lac Mégantic. Greenville served as a transfer point for connecting with...
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  • The film uses footage of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, which caused the death of 47 people in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, on July 6, 2013. The...
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