Everyone who's traveled to Alberta has seen the little town of Frank that was covered by 30 million cubic meters or 82 million tonnes of limestone coming from Turtle Mountain.On April 29 1903, The rocks that fell measured 150 meters deep, 425 meters high and 1 kilometer wide.Approximately 100 people living in the path of the slide were buried in their sleep. Few survived, among them, 17 coal miners managed to dig their way to freedom in nearly 14 hours after the landslide.

Many people discuss what caused 3 square kilometers of valley to be devoured in under 100 seconds. At daylight, the main part of the town was still standing. Strangely, 70 people died but only 12 bodies were recovered. Many cottages were crushed but not many people in the cottages were killed.