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Wood Buffalo, Canada’s largest national park

A wood bison in Wood Buffalo National Park, photographed in August 2007.
A wood bison in Wood Buffalo National Park, photographed in August 2007. Wood Buffalo Wood Buffalo National Park 2007 · Naturedata · Photo source · Photo licence: CC0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Wood Buffalo National Park, spanning the Alberta–Northwest Territories border, is the largest national park in Canada. It protects the world’s largest herds of wood bison and vital whooping crane habitat, in the traditional territory of the Dene, Cree and Métis.

Scope & context

The park’s size and key wildlife, not its full ecology, history or management.

Sources behind this record

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Wood Buffalo National Park ↗

Parks Canada

Park introduction