Slesse, Mount

SLESSE, MOUNT (el 2,375 m), in the FRASER VALLEY southeast of CHILLIWACK near the US border, is significant as the site of the worst AVIATION disaster in BC history. On 9 Dec 1956, a Trans Canada Airlines plane heading east out of VANCOUVER carrying 62 passengers and crew smashed into the mountain in bad weather. Everyone on board died, including 5 football players who had participated in the Canadian Football League all-star game at Empire Stadium the day before. The site of the crash was so...

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