Frank Slide
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.
- Scree
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,300 metres (4,270 feet)
- Description: rocky debris field in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada
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Blairmore Courthouse
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Blairmore
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Frank Slide
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Latitude
49.58887° or 49° 35′ 20″ north
Longitude
-114.39404° or 114° 23′ 39″ west
Open location code
85X7HJQ4+G9
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historic = protected_site
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natural = scree
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tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Frank Slide” goes by many names.
Frank SlideCebuano
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