History
- The Frank Slide Interpretive Centre respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 7 territory, a traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples including the Blackfoot Nations (Piikani [Peigan], Kainai [Blood], and Siksika [Blackfoot]) and the Tsuu T'ina. This area was also traditionally used by by the K'tunaxa (Kootenay) people, who now reside in southeastern British Columbia.
- Frank Slide Interpretive Centre opened April 28, 1985.
- Opened by the Honourable Mary LeMessurier (Minister of Culture) and Honourable Fred Bradley (Minister of Environment).
- Architects: Donnely and Whiting.
- Original displays designed and built by Aldrich, Pears and Associates; and Alberta Culture, Historic Sites Services.
- The Interpretive Centre was designed to tell the story of resource extraction and coal mining in Alberta.
- The focus shifted to Frank Slide, but it also serves as an orientation centre to the history of the Crowsnest Pass.