The Deadly Ontario Train Crash That Saved Countless Lives: Living History Series
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: WSCH01
Producer: Warren Schlote
Producers: Schlote, Warren
Directors: Schlote, Warren
Producing Agencies: Warren Schlote
Subject: Canadian History, Canadian Social Studies, Documentary, Health and Medicine, History, Social Sciences, Social Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2024
Running Time: 9:58
The Horseshoe Hill train crash in Caledon, Ontario killed seven people on September 3, 1907. It affected countless families across Ontario but it also brought some good. A group of women used the tragedy to bring Orangeville its first hospital. The women founded the Lord Dufferin Chapter of the IODE and set out on their mission to create a hospital in Orangeville.
In this episode of Living History, we’ll visit the site of the wreck, see the old railway roadbed, explore the health care legacy as it stands today in Orangeville, and hear how this deadly railway would claim more lives until the day it was ripped up.
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