Question: What year did the country where the founder of Redpath Sugar lived have a devastation volcanic eruption which killed at least 2,000 people?

the may 18, 1980, event was the most deadly and economically destructive volcanic eruption in the history of the united states. approximately fifty - seven people were killed directly from the blast and 200 houses, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways and 185 miles (298 km) of highway were destroyed; two people were killed indirectly in accidents that resulted from poor visibility, and two more suffered fatal heart attacks from shoveling ash. u.s. president jimmy carter surveyed the damage and said it looked more desolate than a moonscape. a film crew was dropped by helicopter on mount st. helens on may 23 to document the destruction. however, their compasses spun in circles and they quickly became lost. a second eruption occurred the next day (see below), but the crew survived and were rescued two days after that. the eruption ejected more than 1 cubic mile (4.2 km) of material. a quarter of that volume was fresh lava in the form of ash, pumice and volcanic bombs while the rest was fragmented, older rock. the removal of the north side of the mountain (13% of the cone's volume) reduced mount st. helens' height by about 1,280 feet (390 m) and left a crater 1 to 2 miles (2 to 3 km) wide and 2,100 feet (640 m) deep with its north end open in a huge breach. <SEP> Drummond studied chemistry at Edinburgh University before coming to Montreal in 1854 to work for his brother-in-law, John Redpath, at Redpath Sugar. Born in 1829 at Edinburgh, he was a younger son of the entrepreneurial stonemason, building contractor and city councillor, George Drummond, by his wife Margaret Pringle (b.c.1790). <SEP> Canada is geologically active, having many earthquakes and potentially active volcanoes, notably Mount Meager massif, Mount Garibaldi, Mount Cayley massif, and the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. The eruption produced a 22.5-kilometre (14.0 mi) lava flow, and, according to Nisga'a legend, blocked the flow of the Nass River.Average winter and summer high temperatures across Canada vary from region to region. Winters can be harsh in many parts of the country, particularly in the interior and Prairie provinces, which experience a continental climate, where daily average temperatures are near −15 °C (5 °F), but can drop below −40 °C (−40 °F) with severe wind chills. In noncoastal regions, snow can cover the ground for almost six months of the year, while in parts of the north snow can persist year-round. The volcanic eruption of the Tseax Cone in 1775 was among Canada's worst natural disasters, killing an estimated 2,000 Nisga'a people and destroying their village in the Nass River valley of northern British Columbia. Coastal British Columbia has a temperate climate, with a mild and rainy winter. On the east and west coasts, average high temperatures are generally in the low 20s °C (70s °F), while between the coasts, the average summer high temperature ranges from 25 to 30 °C (77 to 86 °F), with temperatures in some interior locations occasionally exceeding 40 °C (104 °F). <SEP> John Redpath (1796 – March 5, 1869) was a Scots-Quebecer businessman and philanthropist who helped pioneer the industrial movement that made Montreal, Quebec the largest and most prosperous city in Canada. <SEP> like the french before them, the british also used african slaves to work plantations of sugar, coffee, indigo, tobacco, cotton and cocoa until full emancipation in 1838. the economy then went into a period of decline with many landowners abandoning their estates and leaving the land to be cultivated by liberated slaves. life was made even harder following two eruptions of the la soufriere volcano in 1812 and 1902 when much of the island was destroyed and many people were killed. in 1979 it erupted again, this time with no fatalities. in the same year, st vincent and the grenadines gained full independence from britain, while remaining a member of the commonwealth of nations.