THE OFFICIAL VERSION of the Frank Slide, Alberta can be found here:

Alberta's Frank Slide Visitor Centre


Another version of the story can be found here:

Frank Slide, Alberta - When a mountain fell on a town

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY: FRANK SLIDE AND TURTLE MOUNTAIN

Anderson, Frank. Tragedies of the Crowsnest Pass. Surrey: Frontier Books, 1983.

Beaty, Chester B. The Landscapes of Southern Alberta - A Regional Geomorphology. Lethbridge: University of Alberta Production Services, 1975.

Biberhofer, Heidi. "Turtle Mountain Study Archive Inventory". Edmonton: Alberta Environment, 1983.

Cousins, James Wm. A History of the Crow's Nest Pass. The Historical Trails Society of Alberta, 1981.

Crowsnest Pass Historical Society. Crowsnest and Its People. Coleman: Crowsnest Pass Historical Society, 1979.

Cruden, D.M. and Beaty, C.B. "The Frank Slide, Southwestern Alberta". In Geological Society of America Centennial Field Guide, Rocky Mountain Section, 1987.

Cruden, D.M. and Krahn, J. "Frank Rockslide, Alberta, Canada", in Voight, Barry ed. Rockslides and Avalanches, 1 Natural Phenomena. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1978.

McConnell, R.G. and Brock, B.W. "Report on the Great Landslide at Frank, Alberta". Sessional Paper No. 25, Vol XXXVIII, No. 10; 1904.

Pearce, Wm. "The Great Landslide at Frank, Alberta". In Engineering News. June 4, 1903. pp. 490-492.

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