Midland Provincial Park

Park in Alberta, Canada

Midland Provincial Park

Location of Midland Provincial Park in Alberta

Location| Drumheller / Starland County, Alberta, Canada
Nearest city| Drumheller
Coordinates| 51°28′41″N 112°46′20″W﻿ / ﻿51.47806°N 112.77222°W﻿ / 51.47806; -112.77222
Area| 6.3 km2
Established| 5 Jun 1979
Governing body| Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation

Midland Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada.

Once the site of the Midland Coal Mine, it was designated as a provincial park on June 5, 1979. It now hosts the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.

It is located 6 km west of Drumheller on Highway 838 (North Dinosaur Trail).

Activities in the park include canoeing, kayaking, fishing, wildlife viewing and hiking through willows and cottonwoods along the Red Deer River. Points of interest are fossil beds, a mine site and the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.

## 1914 Mining Disaster

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Following a two-day halt in operations due to overproduction, 237 miners resumed work at the Midland Provincial Park mine.

At around 9:40 a.m., three blasts from the mine whistle alerted nearby residents to an emergency. The explosions were likely triggered by a spark, which could have been caused by a rock fall, a lamp flare, a short in an electric cable, or a prohibited cigarette. This spark ignited methane gas, which stirred up coal dust, leading to further blasts throughout the mine's tunnels. Of the 237 miners that had entered the mine that morning, only 46 emerged.

In addition to the initial explosions, the resultant lack of oxygen and the rise in poisonous carbon dioxide gas, known as "blackdamp" or "afterdamp," posed significant threats. The force of the explosions also had above-ground impacts, including the destruction of a 20 cm (8 in.) thick concrete wall of the hoist house.[1]

Badlands in Midland Provincial Park

## See also

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* List of provincial parks in Alberta

## References

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1. ^ "Canada's Deadliest Mining Disaster - Coal - Alberta's Energy Heritage". history.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-31.

## External links

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* Media related to Midland Provincial Park at Wikimedia Commons
* Park page at Alberta Development
* Virtual tour
* Drumheller Mining History
* The Dangers of Coal Mining in Drumheller

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Protected areas in Alberta

World Heritage Sites|

* Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
* Dinosaur Provincial Park
* Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
* Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
* Wood Buffalo National Park
* Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi

National parks|

* Banff
* Elk Island
* Jasper
* Waterton Lakes
* Wood Buffalo

Provincial parks,
wildlands and wildernesses|

* Aspen Beach
* Antelope Hill
* Beauvais Lake
* Big Hill Springs
* Big Island
* Big Knife
* Bow Valley
* Bragg Creek
* Brown-Lowery
* Calling Lake
* Canmore Nordic Centre
* Caribou Mountains
* Carson-Pegasus
* Castle
* Castle Wildland
* Chain Lakes
* Cold Lake
* Crimson Lake
* Cross Lake
* Crow Lake
* Cypress Hills
* Dillberry Lake
* Dinosaur
* Dry Island Buffalo Jump
* Dunvegan
* Eagle Point
* Fish Creek
* Garner Lake
* Glenbow Ranch
* Gooseberry Lake
* Greene Valley
* Gregoire Lake
* Hilliard's Bay
* Hay-Zama Lakes
* Jarvis Bay
* Kinbrook Island
* Kananaskis Country
* Lakeland
* Lesser Slave Lake
* Little Bow
* Little Fish
* Lois Hole Centennial
* Long Lake
* Midland
* Miquelon Lake
* Moonshine Lake
* Moose Lake
* Notikewin
* Obed Lake
* O'Brien
* Park Lake
* Pembina River
* Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
* Pierre Grey's Lakes
* Pigeon Lake
* Police Outpost
* Queen Elizabeth
* Ram Falls
* Red Lodge
* Rochon Sands
* Rock Lake
* Saskatoon Island
* Sheep River
* Sir Winston Churchill
* Spray Valley
* Strathcona Science
* Sundance
* Sylvan Lake
* Thunder Lake
* Tillebrook
* Two Lakes
* Vermilion
* Wabamun Lake
* Whitney Lakes
* William A. Switzer
* Williamson
* Willmore Wilderness
* Willow Creek
* Winagami Lake
* Woolford
* Writing-on-Stone
* Wyndham-Carseland
* Young's Point

Urban parks|

* Calgary Zoo
* Devonian Gardens
* Edmonton Valley Zoo
* Edworthy Park
* Mill Woods Park
* Muttart Conservatory
* North Saskatchewan River Valley
* Nose Hill
* Oldman River Valley
* Pearce Estate Park
* University of Alberta Botanic Garden
* Sylvan Lake

Museums and
historic sites|

* Alberta Central Railway Museum
* Atlas Coal Mine
* Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre
* Canadian Tractor Museum
* Cold Lake Air Force
* Ellis Bird Farm
* Fort Calgary
* Fort Edmonton Park
* Fort Victoria
* Fort Whoop-Up
* Frank Slide
* Galt Historic Railway Park
* Glenbow Museum
* Heritage Acres Farm Museum
* Heritage Park
* Krause Milling Co.
* Pioneer Acres
* Prairie Elevator Museum
* Remington Carriage Museum
* Reynolds
* Royal Alberta
* Royal Tyrrell
* Scandia Eastern Irrigation District Museum
* South Peace Centennial Museum
* Spruce Grove Grain Elevator Museum
* St. Albert Grain Elevator Park
* Ukrainian Village
* Warner elevator row
* Whyte
* National historic sites
* Provincial historic sites

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