TURTLE MOUNTAIN (ALBERTA)

'Turtle Mountain' is located in the Crowsnest River Valley of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain was named in 1880 by a local rancher as its shape at the time resembled a turtle.Turtle Mountain on PeakFinder
The mountain is most famous for the 1903 Frank Slide in which 30 million cubic metres (82 million tonnes) of limestone broke away from the top of the mountain, burying the town of Frank and killing about 70 of the approximate 600 residents of the town.Frank Slide Interpretive CentreHowever, only 12 bodies were ever recovered.SOS! Canadian DisastersThe mountain has been monitored since 1903 with the most recent project established in 2003.Turtle Mountain Monitoring Project
Turtle Mountain is an anticline of Paleozoic Rundle Group carbonates thrust over weaker Mesozoic clastics and coals. Summit fissures at the apex of the anticline likely allowed water to infiltrate and weaken the slightly-soluble carbonates within the mountain face, while the supporting underlying clastics were undermined by valley glaciation followed by erosion from the Crowsnest River.

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