SITE OF THE WEEK

Birch Lake (04/11/2025)

Located south of Rocky Mountain House, Birch Lake is a quiet, easy-to-access spot for birdwatching, paddling, and fishing. The site includes a small parking lot, outhouses, garbage facilities, and a hand launch for canoes and kayaks. A gentle slope leads to the water, where game trails follow the shoreline. Birdwatchers can expect to see a range of species, including osprey fishing in the lake, common loons, great blue herons, and solitary sandpipers. Forested areas around the lake attract songbirds like warbling vireos, Tennessee warblers, hermit thrushes, orange-crowned warblers, red-breasted nuthatches, and rose-breasted grosbeaks. The lake is stocked annually with rainbow, brook, and brown trout, making it a popular destination for year-round fishing. Roads to the lake are unpaved and may be rough or muddy in wet weather.