Place to see: The Frank Slide, Crowsnest Pass, Canada
the Frank Slide
Visitors to the Frank Slide can stay in the full safety of the interpretive centre above the slide -- or they can venture down along the trails carved through the slide itself, and see up close what 74 million tonnes of rock looks like.
About this place:
On April 29, 1903, at 4:10 a.m., the side of Turtle Mountain collapsed, sending 74 million tonnes of rock hurtling over the mining town of Frank, Alberta, in the Crowsnest Pass through the Canadian Rockies. Today enough of the slide has been cleared to allow the railway to pass through again, along with a modern highway, and visitors to the slide can learn more and view the full extent of the slide from an interpretive centre.
Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, CA
Telephone: (403) 562-7388
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Discovered by Stephanie Fysh
on 12 January 2008.
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