Everything about Wood Buffalo National Park totally explained
Wood Buffalo National Park, located in northeastern
Alberta and southern
Northwest Territories, is the largest
national park in
Canada at
44,807 km². The park was established in
1922 to protect the world's largest herd of free roaming
Wood Bison, currently estimated at more than 5,000. It is the only known nesting site of
whooping cranes.
The park ranges in elevation from 183 metres (600') at the
Little Buffalo River to 945 metres (3,100') in the
Caribou Mountains. The park headquarters is located in
Fort Smith, with a smaller satellite office in
Fort Chipewyan,
Alberta. Geographically the park is important; it contains one of the world's largest fresh water
deltas, formed by the
Peace,
Athabasca and
Slave Rivers. It is also known for its
karst sinkholes on the Northwest Territory side. The national park is also located directly north of the
Athabasca Oil Sands.
Conservation
Wood Buffalo National Park contains a large variety of wildlife species, such as
moose,
black bear,
wolf,
lynx,
brown bear,
snowshoe hare,
sandhill crane, Wood Buffalo,
ruffed grouse, and the
garter snake, which form famous communal dens within the park.
Wood Buffalo Park contains the only natural nesting habitat for the critically endangered
whooping crane. Known as
Whooping Crane Summer Range, it's classified as a
Ramsar site. It was identified through the
International Biological Program. The range is a complex of contiguous water bodies, primarily lakes and various
wetlands, such as
marshes and
bogs, but also includes streams and ponds.
World Heritage Site
This area was designated a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in
1983 for the biological diversity of the Peace-Athabasca Delta, the world's largest inland delta, as well as the massive population of wild bison.
Transportation
Year-round access is available to Fort Smith by road on the
Mackenzie Highway, which connects to
Highway 5 near
Hay River, Northwest Territories. Commercial flights are available to Fort Smith and Fort Chipewyan from
Edmonton. Winter access is also available using winter and ice roads from
Fort McMurray through
Fort Chipewyan.
Gallery
Image:Wood Buffalo National Park Location.png|Location and extent
Image:Wood_Bison.jpg|Wood Bison
Image:Wood-Buffalo-NP Waldbison 98-07-02.jpg|Wood Bison
Image:Wood-Buffalo-NP Murmeltier 2 98-07-03.jpg|Marmot
Image:Wood-Buffalo-NP Gros Beak Lake 2 98-07-02.jpg|Gros Beak Lake
Image:Fort Smith Nashornpelikane 1 98-07-01.jpg|American White Pelicans at Rapids of the Drowned (Slave River)
Image:Wood-Buffalo-NP Beaver's Lodge 1 98-07-02.jpg|Beaver Lodge
Image:Wood-Buffalo-NP Pine Lake 98-07-03.jpg|Pine Lake
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