Gilberts: Another Baptiste Creek tragedy left many Norwegians dead
When we unveiled the Baptiste Creek Train Disaster plaque near Jeannettes Creek last year, I was approached by Jacques Tetreault, who told me of another tragedy on the Great Western Railway, involving Baptiste Creek. He gave me his contact information, but I never found time to get out to see him about this story — he lives on the other side of Chatham-Kent. I am reminded of one of Jim’s favourite statements, that Chatham-Kent is the size of a small European country. Anyway, despite