1879 Bouctouche tornado

Weather event in New Brunswick, Canada 1879 Bouctouche tornado 1 F3 5-8 $100,000 USD Bouctouche, New Brunswick On Wednesday, August 6, 1879, an intense tornado, later determined to have an F3 rating, struck the town of Bouctouche, New Brunswick. While weaker tornadoes and waterspouts have been known to form on or adjacent to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the tornado is the strongest tornado ever to touch down in the Maritime Provinces and the easternmost strong (F2-F3) tornado ever to occur on the continent of North America as well. The tornado initially started in the Sainte-Marie Parish, New Brunswick around 1:00 PM AST before moving eastward towards Mill Creek, New Brunswick. From Mill Creek, the tornado followed the northern edge of the Buctouche River resulting in tree damage and crop damage over a 400 to 500 yd m wide path for 9 mi km before impacting Bouctouche, New Brunswick. As the tornado entered the town, it destroyed upwards of 100 buildings, including the Bouctouche Church. The tornado missed the St Mary's Church and the Presbyterian Church. As the tornado approached the coast, it destroyed various dwellings and shops near the ship-yard. The bridge that crosses Bouctouche River in the town was also destroyed alongside the new school. The number of people killed in the tornado ranges depending on the source; however, the general number ranges from five to eight fatalities with the tornado injuring many. In addition to the number of people injured and killed, the amount of destroyed dwellings resulted in many being homeless. The damage costs were estimated around US$100,000, which was a very high figure at the time.http://www.heidorn.info/keith/weather/events/candeadtorn.html Weather Events: Canada's Deadliest Tornadoeshttps://www.newspapers.com/image/732300569/?terms=%22tornado%22&match=1 8 Aug 1879, 1 - The Daily Expositor at Newspapers.com 2022-06-05 See also Tornadoes in Atlantic Canada List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks References The Buctouche Tornado by Michael Newark, Chinook, Summer 1979, Vol 1, No 4, pp 52,53. https://cmosarchives.ca/index_publications.html External links Environment Canada's information page on Tornadoes (Alternate Link) Canadian Atlas of strong tornadoes List of strong tornadoes from 1879 to present Dan, Dan, The Weather Man's webpage of Canadian Weather Events Contemporary newspaper article about the tornado Weather Events: Canada's Deadliest Tornadoes 46.473 N 64.725 W title 1879-08-06 Tornado, Bouctouche Tornado, Bouctouche Tornado, 1879, Bouctouche 1879, Tornado, Bouctouche 1879-08-06 Bouctouche Tornado 1879 Tornado Bouctouche Tornado Bouctouche Tornado 1879-08-06