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Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Frank Slide Interpretive Centre sits across the valley from the slide, nestled on the edge of the slide path. The Centre recently re-opened after a year's worth of renovations and the displays are much improved. History can often be a tough thing to keep engaging (especially for the younger kids), but they do an excellent job.The sights and sounds of the slide...Crowsnest Pass history is fully
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
On April 29, 1903, at 4:10 am 90 million tonnes of mountain rock crashed down on the small mining town on Frank, AB (then in the North West Territories). The slide narrowly missed the main street of town, but still destroyed miner's houses, camping areas and outbuildings for the mine itself. Over 70 people were killed.I've been driving through this southern Alberta area since I was child -- it's
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Frank Slide Interpretive Centre sits across the valley from the slide, nestled on the edge of the slide path. The Centre recently re-opened after a year's worth of renovations and the displays are much improved. History can often be a tough thing to keep engaging (especially for the younger kids), but they do an excellent job.The sights and sounds of the slide...Crowsnest Pass history is fully
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Just a few more kilometers down the road from the hoodoos.Atlas Coal Mine..... long defunct and now a museum. It was closed when we got there, but I couldn't resist a quick photo of that wooden tipple (being the coal mining geek that I am).
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