Kemnay, Manitoba
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Coordinates: 49°50′30″N 100°08′03″W / 49.84167°N 100.13417°WCoordinates: 49°50′30″N 100°08′03″W / 49.84167°N 100.13417°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Rural Municipality | Whitehead |
Area code(s) | 204 |
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]
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- ^ Geographic Board of Canada (1933). Place-names of Manitoba. Ottawa: J. O. Patenaude, acting King's printer. p. 47. hdl:2027/mdp.39015027929515. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Chemicals spill in derailment". The Record. Kitchener, Ontario. October 3, 2001. pp. D.11. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
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- Unincorporated communities in Manitoba
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