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Maligne Canyon near Jasper Alberta
A video on the Maligne Canyon
The Atlas Coal Mine near Coulee Alberta
The Atlas Coal Mine
The Atlas Coal Mine was built in 1937 and is the last wooden coal tipple in Canada that is still
standing. At seven stories high it was used for loading and sorting coal. A lot of old mining
equipment and buildings still stand at the site. The site preserves the artifacts of the miners
that once mined the coal. Thirteen people died during the mine's operation
On June 24, 1941, an explosion killed three men, and a fourth person died trying to rescue
them. Atlas was declared an Alberta Provincial Historic Resource in 1989, and then in 2002, it
became a National Historic Site of Canada.
More pictures of the Atlas Coal Mine
The Frank Slide
April was unusually warm, with snowmelt and rain running into the mountain cracks then the weather turned cold again. On April 28th, the water in Turtle Mountain froze and the mountain reached its breaking point.
On April 29, 1903, at 4:10 am, over 90 million tons of limestone sheered off the east face of Turtle Mountain and slid down into Crowsnest Pass. The avalanche destroyed part of the town Frank, NWT (now Alberta), a coalmine entrance, one and a half miles of railway and two ranches. Approximately 70 people lost their lives. There were 23 survivors, mostly children.
Anyone who has heard of the Frank Slide has heard of the baby girl, the only survivor, found on a boulder. That story is untrue. Three little girls survived the slide. Fernie Watkins was found in the debris. Fifteen-month old Marion Leitch was thrown from her house and found in a pile of hay. Gladys Ennis, 27 months old, was found in the mud by her mother Lucy, who saved her baby's life by clearing the mud out of her nose and throat. Gladys was the last survivor of the slide when she died in 1995 in Bellevue, Washington.
More on the Frank Slide
In October of 1874, 150 North West Mounted Police (NWMP) established the first police post on an Island in the Old Man River 100 miles south of Calgary, Alberta. The main reason for establishing the post was to wipe out the whisky trade on the southern plains. After a few years they moved to the present site due to flooding. In 1878 the headquarters moved to Fort Walsh. Fort Walsh is located in the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, near Maple Creek, Saskatchewan.
Fort Macleod, Alberta was incorporated as a town in 1892. The population in 2021 was 3,022.
Fort Macleod Alberta
Greenwood 125th Birthday, Foundars Day
The Gold Bug Claim near Greenwood
Rearguard Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, protecting Rearguard Falls on the Fraser River. It is located near the community of Tete Jaune Cache.
Reargaurd Falls
Princeton Museum
Fort Nacleod
