Midway Reservoir (78.3 km)
Midway Reservoir, located east of Carstairs, offers a stocked pond for fishing, with rainbow trout added each season. The area is home to a variety of bird species such as the great blue heron, spotted sandpiper, yellow-headed blackbird, gadwall, eastern kingbird, gray catbird, ruddy duck, lesser scaup, and American coot, as well as wildlife including white-tailed and mule deer, and moose. The surrounding landscape features cattails, willows, buckbrush, horsetail, trembling aspens, and balsam poplars. The site includes parking, picnic tables, fire pits, outhouses, and a small campground without water or electricity, where visitors can bring their own generators and drinking water. It’s a quiet, easily accessible location for fishing, wildlife observation, and outdoor activities.
Access: Head east on Highway 581, continue onto Township Road 302, then turn left onto Range Road 273 and left again to reach Midway Reservoir.
Partners: ACA, AEP, & Midway Centennial Park
Alberta Discover Guide: E3-142
Midway Reservoir, located east of Carstairs, offers a stocked pond for fishing, with rainbow trout added each season. The area is home to a variety of bird species such as the great blue heron, spotted sandpiper, yellow-headed blackbird, gadwall, eastern kingbird, gray catbird, ruddy duck, lesser scaup, and American coot, as well as wildlife including white-tailed and mule deer, and moose. The surrounding landscape features cattails, willows, buckbrush, horsetail, trembling aspens, and balsam poplars. The site includes parking, picnic tables, fire pits, outhouses, and a small campground without water or electricity, where visitors can bring their own generators and drinking water. It’s a quiet, easily accessible location for fishing, wildlife observation, and outdoor activities.
Access: Head east on Highway 581, continue onto Township Road 302, then turn left onto Range Road 273 and left again to reach Midway Reservoir.
Partners: ACA, AEP, & Midway Centennial Park
Alberta Discover Guide: E3-142
