Kemnay is a small community in
Manitoba
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,
Canada
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. 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 Kemnay may refer to:
* Kemnay, Manitoba, a community in Canada
*Kemnay, Aberdeenshire
Kemnay (Scottish Gaelic language, Gaelic: ''Camnaidh'') is a village west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
History
The village name ''Kemna ...
, a village in Scotland.
In October 2001, most of the community was evacuated when a train carrying
methanol
Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic Alcohol (chemistry), alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often ab ...
and
vinyl acetate
Vinyl acetate is an organic compound with the Chemical formula, formula CH3CO2CH=CH2. This colorless liquid is the precursor to polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, polyvinyl alcohol, and other important industrial polymers.
Prod ...
derailed near Kemnay.
External links
Transportation Safety Board of Canada: Railway Investigation Report
References
Unincorporated communities in Westman Region
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