Kemnay, Manitoba

Place in Manitoba, Canada
49°50′30″N 100°08′03″W / 49.84167°N 100.13417°W / 49.84167; -100.13417CountryCanadaProvinceManitobaRural MunicipalityWhiteheadArea code204

Kemnay is a small community in Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead about 10 kilometres west of Brandon on PTH 1A. Kemnay has the same name as Kemnay, a village in Scotland.[1]

In October 2001, most of the community was evacuated when a train carrying methanol and vinyl acetate derailed near Kemnay.[2]

  • Transportation Safety Board of Canada: Railway Investigation Report

References

  1. ^ Geographic Board of Canada (1933). Place-names of Manitoba. Ottawa: J. O. Patenaude, acting King's printer. p. 47. hdl:2027/mdp.39015027929515. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "Chemicals spill in derailment". The Record. Kitchener, Ontario. October 3, 2001. pp. D.11. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2010.


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