1879 Bouctouche tornado

F3 tornado
Max rating¹	F3 tornado
¹Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

The 1879 Bouctouche Tornado was a tornado that struck the town of Bouctouche, New Brunswick on August 6, 1879.

It is estimated that the tornado was an F3 in strength, and is the easternmost major tornado in North America, though weaker tornadoes and waterspouts have been known to form in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.

The tornado killed 5 people, injured 10 others, and rendered 25 families homeless.

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Rank	Location	Date	Deaths
1 2 3 4 5 - - - 7 8 - - - 10 - - -	Regina, Saskatchewan Edmonton, Alberta Windsor–Tecumseh, Ontario Pine Lake, Alberta Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec Windsor, Ontario Barrie, Ontario Sudbury, Ontario Sainte-Rose, Quebec Bouctouche, New Brunswick Portage la Prairie, Manitoba	June 30, 1912 July 31, 1987 June 17, 1946 July 14, 2000 August 16, 1888 April 3, 1974 May 31, 1985 August 20, 1970 June 8, 1953 August 6, 1879 June 22, 1922	≥28 27 17 12 9 9 8 6 6 5 5

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