About this episode
This episode discusses the catastrophic Frank Slide, where Turtle Mountain collapsed and buried the town of Frank in 1903.
Turtle Mountain was called The Mountain That Moves by the First Nations of the Crowsnest Pass. On April 29, 1903, the mountain moved and buried the town of Frank under 44 million cubic metres of rock. It remains Canada's deadliest landslide. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com…
People in this episode
Host: Craig Baird
Topics covered
- Frank Slide
- Turtle Mountain
- landslide
- Crowsnest Pass
- Canadian history
Keywords
- Canada
- disaster
- history
- landslide
- First Nations
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Canada's Main Street
Books & works: Hello Fresh
Places: The Moving Mountain:, Turtle Mountain, The Mountain That, Frank, Canada, Stony Plain, Alberta
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