Frank Slide
Arial view of Frank Slide in the Mountain Region of Alberta.
| Category : Historic Site | |
Approximately 90 million tons of limestone rock fell from Turtle Mountain in about 100 seconds 29 April 1903. Frank Slide is one of the largest rock slides that have occurred in the past few thousand years. (see Frank; also see photograph of Turtle Mountain) |
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Immediately east of the village of Frank. |
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| Location Name : | Blairmore |
| National Topographic System (NTS) : | 82 G/9 |
| Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian | |
| 31-7-3-W5 | |
| Latitude (N) | Longitude (W) | |
| 49° 35' 00" N 114° 24' 00" W | |
| The content above is directly derived from : | |
| Place Names of Alberta - Volume I Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills |
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