After being intrigued by the Frank Slide story from 1903 on a family trip last year, Connor Yeroschak, began the thought process for a project and turned it into an award winning presentation after 6 months of research and hard work.

Yeroschak is a Grade 5 student at Sunningdale school who compete at his schools and regional heritage fairs. From there progressed to Provincials where he was the youngest student to make it into the top 10 at the Provincial Heritage Fair. 

"You try to explain it as much as you can like why is it important to Canada and what effect did it have on the people... those are some of the main points," he said. "At the time the CPR mainline was the only way for Canadians to get from the East to the West and the Frank Slide destroyed the rail line."