Museum · Crowsnest Pass · Alberta

Frank Slide Interpretive Centre

Frank Slide Interpretive Centre is an interpretive centre. Visitors find it inside Crowsnest Pass’ municipal boundary. The site is run by Alberta Government.

Where

In Crowsnest Pass

inside the municipal boundary

Run by

Alberta Government

the operator on record

How well known

Top 29%

#1,476 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Museum in Crowsnest Pass

Inside Crowsnest Pass

Frank Slide Interpretive Centre stands within Crowsnest Pass’ municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Aim for June to September, when Crowsnest Pass reaches 19–24°C.

Jan0° / -10°14 mm

Feb1° / -10°22 mm

Mar5° / -7°30 mm

Apr10° / -2°43 mm

May16° / 3°72 mm

Jun19° / 7°116 mm

Jul24° / 9°50 mm

Aug24° / 8°47 mm

Sep19° / 5°65 mm

Oct11° / 0°37 mm

Nov4° / -5°25 mm

Dec-1° / -10°28 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Crowsnest Pass, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at Pincher Creek, 34 km from Crowsnest Pass (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Crowsnest Pass’ full climate →

About

Frank Slide Interpretive Centre

A short trip away is Crowsnest Museum, 8.7 km off, the first of 3 within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: Alberta Government
Town: in Crowsnest Pass
Official site: frankslide.ca

Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.

The map

Frank Slide Interpretive Centre on the map

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Frank Slide Interpretive Centre is the orange one.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Crowsnest Pass, with 6,011 people, is the largest of the 4. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Crowsnest Pass

6,011 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 27 km southeast of it

Pincher Creek No. 9

3,176 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 39 km northwest of it

Sparwood

4,486 people · 1 place to visit

4 · 42 km west of it

Electoral Area A, East Kootenay

2,092 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Frank Slide Interpretive Centre is	People	Places to visit
Crowsnest Pass	It’s in town	6,011	4
Pincher Creek No. 9	27 km southeast of it	3,176	4
Sparwood	39 km northwest of it	4,486	1
Electoral Area A, East Kootenay	42 km west of it	2,092	7

Make a day of it

While you are near Frank Slide Interpretive Centre

1MuseumMuseumCrowsnest Museum8.7 km away 2

National historic siteFrank Slide1.2 km away 3MuseumMuseumCrow's Nest Museum8.7 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Know before you visit Frank Slide Interpretive Centre

Where is Frank Slide Interpretive Centre?

Frank Slide Interpretive Centre stands in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta: inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is Frank Slide Interpretive Centre?

Interpretive centre in Alberta, Canada.

Who runs Frank Slide Interpretive Centre?

Alberta Government.

When is the best time to visit Frank Slide Interpretive Centre?

Pick June to September for the warmest weather in Crowsnest Pass: 19–24°C in the afternoon, on the 1991–2020 normals.

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

Frank Slide: Marek Ślusarczyk ( Tupungato ) Photo gallery, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).