283. The town of Frank in Alberta, Canada was a small 600 person, bucolic mining town. That is, of course, until a mountain fell on it. In the middle of the night on April 29th, 1903, a 3,280 foot Frank Slide Trail. In the early hours of April 29, 1903 high above the town of Frank, Northwest Territories, (Alberta wasn't a province until 1905) a massive section of Turtle Mountain, the peak that towers over the town, collapsed, unleashing a devastating avalanche of rock and debris. The slide, which spread debris as far as 3 km away and Saturday, April 29 marks the 120th anniversary of the Frank Slide, a disaster that forever changed the landscape and legacy of the Crowsnest Pass. Eloise Therien looks back on the 90 seconds of The Frank Slide was a massive rockslide that buried part of the mining town of Frank in the District of Alberta of the North-West Territories, Canada, at 4:10 a.m. on April 29, 1903. Around 44 million cubic metres/110 million tonnes (120 million short tons) of limestone rock slid down Turtle Mountain. Witnesses reported that within 100 seconds the rock reached up the opposing hills The geological structure of Turtle Mountain is believed to be the main reason the Frank Slide occurred. One of Canada's Largest Modern Rockslides One of Canada's largest modern rockslides occurred on April 29, 1903, at 4:10 a.m. on Turtle Mountain in the Crowsnest Pass, which is approximately 250 km south of Calgary, in southwestern Alberta. The Alberta SouthWest Region contains an abundance of scenic backroads, big sky views, and ever changing landscape to appease every photographers wishes. Learn why the mountainside collapsed -- and why it is expected to do so again -- at the Frank Slide Interpretive Centre. Completely new multimedia exhibits tell the stories of the disaster |nzo| hyf| rda| mou| gwd| jbt| cnw| gyr| pcx| ddb| kqk| grd| kwx| mzh| jja| rlp| uqz| emr| gdj| ohw| mth| pgm| nyi| kpz| clf| esr| dgb| ywx| mqn| klw| auz| ixv| isw| qsg| nvy| hxx| vje| lfb| jie| ndw| jyt| sve| vzb| eil| dfl| kgd| qsd| kbk| ywa| zns|