A fake treasure hidden under the rubble of the Frank Slide

The belief that a branch of the Union Bank of Canada had been buried with 500,000 dollars persisted for many years after the Frank Slide. The bank was in reality spared by the catastrophe and remained on site until its demolition which took place in 1911. The legend of the buried treasure subsequently generated such an obsession that in 1924, the crews building a road worked under police surveillance to ensure that they did not unearth any money.