Case file · Folklore / legend
Legends of the Frank Slide
Early on 29 April 1903 about 110 million tonnes of rock fell from Turtle Mountain onto the mining town of Frank, Alberta, killing about 90; legends grew of a single baby survivor and of buried bank money.
1903 CE · 49.59, -114.40 · status: legend
The account
Several infants actually survived; the story of 'Frankie Slide' merged them. The Ktunaxa and Blackfoot were said to have called Turtle Mountain 'the mountain that moves'.