Kemnay, Manitoba

Kemnay
Kemnay
	Kemnay
	Coordinates: 49°50′30″N100°08′03″W / 49.84167°N 100.13417°W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Rural Municipality	Whitehead
Area code	204

Last updated January 09, 2026

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]

External links

Transportation Safety Board of Canada: Railway Investigation Report

References

↑ Geographic Board of Canada (1933). Place-names of Manitoba. Ottawa: J. O. Patenaude, acting King's printer. p. 47. hdl:2027/mdp.39015027929515 . Retrieved October 11, 2017.
↑ "Chemicals spill in derailment". The Record. Kitchener, Ontario. October 3, 2001. pp. D.11. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2010.

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[1] Geographic Board of Canada (1933). Place-names of Manitoba. Ottawa: J. O. Patenaude, acting King's printer. p. 47. hdl:2027/mdp.39015027929515 . Retrieved October 11, 2017.

[2] "Chemicals spill in derailment". The Record. Kitchener, Ontario. October 3, 2001. pp. D.11. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2010.

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