10 Deadliest Ghost Towns in Canada You Didn't Know Existed

Most ghost towns die slowly — the ten places in this video did not. Each one was the site of a disaster that killed dozens, sometimes hundreds, in a single day, and they're ranked here from the fewest lives lost to the most. If you want to follow along, subscribe and stick around — and tell me in the comments: what should I cover next? I read every single one. Places covered in this video: 10 - Moose River, Nova Scotia 9 - Westray, Nova Scotia 8 - Bellevue, Alberta 7 - Foord Pit, Stellarton, Nova Scotia 6 - South Porcupine, Ontario 5 - Frank, Alberta 4 - Springhill, Nova Scotia 3 - Coal Creek, British Columbia 2 - Nanaimo, British Columbia 1 - Hillcrest, Alberta Sources & further reading: The Canadian Encyclopedia (Coal Mining Disasters) — https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/coal-mining-disasters Hillcrest Mine Disaster — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillcrest_mine_disaster Defining Moments Canada (Canadian Mining Disasters) — https://definingmomentscanada.ca/all-for-9/historical-articles/canadian-mining-disasters/ The Coal Creek Mining Disaster — Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History — https://basininstitute.org/2021/02/the-coal-creek-mining-disaster/ Fernie Community Stories — Mine Accidents and Disasters — https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/fernie-community_communaute-fernie/story/mine-accidents-disasters/ Nova Scotia Archives — Men in the Mines: Mining Disasters — https://archives.novascotia.ca/meninmines/disasters/ The Canadian Encyclopedia (Westray Disaster) — https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/westray-disaster List of disasters in Canada — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disasters_in_Canada