Key Number:	HS 32546
Site Name:	Frank
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Site Type:	1206 - Communications: Post Office 1803 - Village 1807 - Railway Point

Location

ATS Legal Description:

			Twp	Rge	Mer
			7	3	5

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Town:	Crowsnest Pass - Frank
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Architectural

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Condition:	Population in 1978 was 1968. Population in 1972 was 178.
Alterations:	N/A

Historical

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Station Post Office.	1901/01/01
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History:	Named after H.L. Frank, who opened the first coal mine there. Included in designation of the Frank Slide, in commemoration of the catastrophic rock slide of April 29, 1903. The slide buried the southern half of the town of Frank. Seventy people were killed.

Internal

Designation Status:	Designation Date:
Provincial Historic Resource	1977/09/21

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