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Avalanches involve the rapid down-slope movement of snow or ice,
sometimes incorporating sediment and rock. Avalanches therefore
require a combination of steep slopes (30-50 degrees) and a heavy
snowfall. A common trigger for avalanches is the deposition of wet
snow over ice or a hard crust, with failure occurring along the
contact.
Map
indicating avalanche locations.
The following is a list of documented avalanches (bold text
indicates fatal incident):
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Baccalieu Island, May 2, 1912
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Bay de Verde, Jan 2, 1959
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Betts Cove, Jan 26, 1884
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Betts Cove, Feb 9, 1877
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Blanc Sablon, South shore of Quebec, Mar 10, 1995
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Blue Mountains, Northern Peninsula, March 10 2007
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Bluff Head Brook, Chromite Mine, Jan 23, 1895
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Burgeo, 1910
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Capstan Island, Labrador, Mar 10, 1995
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Capstan Island, Labrador, Feb 27/28 2004
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Carbonear, May 24, 1833
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Conne River, February, 1890
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Corner Brook, Curling Road, Mar 4, 1935
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Curling, Feb 7, 1986
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Distress Cove, Placentia Bay, Mar 12, 1863
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Exploits, Mar 4, 1935
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Flat Island, Bonavista Bay, May 5, 1912
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Fogo, Fogo Island, March 13, 2008
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Forteau, Labrador, May 5, 2002
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Foote's Cove, Burin Peninsula, Mar 12, 1907
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Griquet, Avalanche, Jan 3, 1959
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Griquet, Northern Peninsula, Feb 6, 1962
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Ireland's Bight, Northern Peninsula, Jan 20, 1891
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Labrador City, western Labrador, Jan 15, 1985
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Labrador City, western Labrador, Jan 19, 2006
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Lewis Hills, March 10 2006
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Murdering Corner, near Cartwright, 1893
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Nain, winter 1781/82
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Nain, January 2003
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Nain, February 7 2004
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Newtown, Bonavista Bay, May 1907
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Okak, Mar 1, 1935
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Petty Harbour, Feb 17, 1921
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Port Aux Basques, Mar 14, 1997
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Quarry Hill, Corner Brook, Feb 4, 1938
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Quarry Hill, Corner Brook, Jan 21, 1943
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Rapid Pond or Little Rapids, Jan 2, 1922
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Ramah, Labrador, 1886
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Rencontre West, January 1959
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Seal Island, Humber River Believed to be Shellbird Island, Dec 31, 1917
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Shellbird Island, Humber River, May 2, 1952
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Shellbird Island, Humber River, April 2, 1953
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Humber Gorge, March 2, 2005
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St. Anthony
Jan 26, 2004
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St. John's, Battery, Feb 7, 1921
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St. John's, Signal Hill, Feb 17, 1921
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St. John's, The Battery, Feb 16, 1959
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St. John's, Lower Battery, Mar 13, 1960
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St. John's, 1987
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St. John's, Lower Battery, February, 2007
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Tablelands, Trout River, March 3 2008
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Tilt Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Mar 11, 1912
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Western Cove near St. Carols, Mar 7, 1995
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Woody Point - Curzon Village, 1876
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York Harbour, Feb 13, 1905
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Trinity, Jan 6, 1873
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For more information on avalanches we recomend the following external web
sites:
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