Date: April 12th, 2012 | Comments : none | Categories: Alberta, Canada, Historic significance, Landscape, Mountains, rocks, Spring, Travel, travel Canada, Urban and Provincial Parks.

Frank Slide, Alberta,Canada

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Frank Slide, Alberta,Canada Turtle Mountain, Alberta,Canada

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On April 29, 1903, the deadliest landslide in Canadian history blew out the east face of Turtle Mountain in southwestern Alberta, killing over 70 people in the town of Frank. This disaster is known as The Frank Slide. Turtle Mountain is about 250 km south of Calgary.

 

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