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Map Sites
Frank Slide Interpretive Centre
(0.4 miles / 0.6 km)
Frank Lake
(1.2 miles / 1.9 km)
Piitaistakis Eagle Watch Site
(1.9 miles / 3 km)
Experiences
Sulphur Spring Beaver Pond
(1 miles / 1.6 km)
Fly Fish SW Alberta's Finest Trout Streams with Road Scholar
(1.4 miles / 2.3 km)
Crowsnest River Flyfishing
(6.1 miles / 9.8 km)
Regional Perspectives
Animals on the Move
(10.1 miles / 16.4 km)
Explorers and Pioneers
(12.9 miles / 20.9 km)
Continental Divide
(13.3 miles / 21.6 km)
Local Topics
Study Turtle Mountain online with new GIS application.
(2.1 miles / 3.4 km)
Demolition of Coleman National Historic Site Gains National Attention
(5.6 miles / 9 km)
The Best Cheese Buns in the Crown
(22 miles / 35.5 km)
Make A Difference
Volunteers Needed: Flight of the Crows Loppet X-Country Ski Race
(9.4 miles / 15.3 km)
Volunteering in the Castle
(21.1 miles / 34.1 km)
Blueweed Blitz
(21.4 miles / 34.5 km)
Lille
LAT: 49.6054
LON: -114.3922
Elevation: 4423 FT (1348 M)
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Short Introduction to Trail

Easy 4 km hike from Frank Slide access road alongside Gold Creek and abandoned railway.

Highlights and Best Features of this Trail

Founded as French Camp in 1901, Lille boomed into a coal mining town of more than 400 people by 1907, and faded to a ghost town in 1913.when the market for poor quality coal collapsed. Mine assets and equipment and houses were moved to Bellevue and Blairmore. Coke ovens and building foundations remain.

Type of Trail Experience

Out-and-Back

Driving Directions from Nearest Town or Landmark

Trail branches from access road connecting Highway 3 and Frank Slide Interpretive Centre at Crowsnest Pass community of Frank.