Danger, Death, and Disaster in the Crowsnest Pass Mines 1902-1928

The Crowsnest Pass is most famous for the tragic rock slide at Frank in 1903 when 110 million tones of rock crashed down upon the town. It is nearly as famous for the many coal-mining tragedies that occurred the region in the early twentieth century, from the Hillcrest Mine Disaster--the worst coal mining accident in Canada--to the Bellvue Mine Explosion to the many individual tragedies that afflicted the communities of the Crowsnest.