Comments on: A manifest train on a beautiful spring morning. This train has just past the Frank Slide, where in 1903 a big part of Turtle mountain came crashing down on the town of Frank. You can see the large rock pile near the top of the photo. No matter how many times I drive by it over the years, it always looks like it just happened.

By: fiddler

fiddler — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 17:44:26 +0000

Funny I should stumble on this shot on the 55th anniversary of the Hope Slide, (two days ago) a few miles east of Hope B.C. It was the largest in Canadian history at 50 million tonnes of rock and debris and fortunately came down where there was no community but two cars containing I believe four people were never recovered.
It would be nice to see more shots like this one as this site is overloaded with eastern vistas,mostly in the Toronto area,and by the same half dozen or so photographers who all seem to know each other.There are so many pictures
at similar locations that I almost feel like I’ve been there!
I do,however,enjoy the street running shots which are/were a rare option in the west.

By: craigandru

craigandru — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:26:49 +0000

Excellent photo! Really gives a nice perspective of the amount of rock that came down. Terrifying to think what the slide would have been like.

By: mile27

mile27 — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 23:52:22 +0000

Very nice, Cam. Great location.

By: Cam

Cam — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 23:14:17 +0000

Thanks, indeed I was standing on that rock outcrop. Quite enjoy this area.

By: Extra 1014

Extra 1014 — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 22:37:23 +0000

Spectacular!
I bet you’re standing up on that big rock outcrop next to highway. Gives a nice down on view of the loco’s.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 19:44:07 +0000

This is a great location for such a photo. The slide was so massive it was hard to find anywhere to get a photo that justified just how massive it was. I ended up taking a picture of my car surrounded by rock. )