Midland Provincial Park

Midland Provincial Park in Alberta, west of Drumheller along the Red Deer River, joins badlands scenery and riverbank vegetation with the industrial past of the Drumheller valley. It stands on the former Midland Coal Mine site, remembered especially for the 1914 mining disaster. After operations resumed following a two-day halt, explosions ignited by methane gas and coal dust tore through the mine. Of 237 miners who went underground that morning, only 46 survived, and the deadly atmosphere after the blasts worsened the catastrophe. Designated a provincial park in 1979, the site is now also known for the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, fossil beds, and riverside recreation.

Alberta · Canada