National Park · Canada
Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park is a national park in Canada, covering 11,070,304 acres (4,479,997 ha), established in 1922.
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Park facts
| Park type | National Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Canada |
| Area | 11,070,304 acres (4,479,997 ha) |
| Established | 1922 |
| Coordinates | 59.3833° N, 112.9830° W |
Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.
About Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park is the largest national park of Canada at 44,741 km2 (17,275 sq mi). It is in northeastern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories. Larger in area than Switzerland, it is the second-largest national park in the world. The park was established in 1922 to protect the world's largest herd of free-roaming wood bison. They became hybridized after the introduction of plains bison. The population is currently estimated at 3,000. It is one of two known nesting sites of whooping cranes. The park ranges in elevation from 183 m (600 ft) at the Little Buffalo River to 945 m (3,100 ft) in the Caribou Mountains.
Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.
Airports near this park
The airports a visitor would actually fly into, nearest first — each link opens its profile on our sister site AirportProfiles.
- Fort Smith Airport (YSM) · Fort Smith, Canada · 56.6 miles away
- Fort Chipewyan Airport (YPY) · Fort Chipewyan, Canada · 78.7 miles away
- Hay River / Merlyn Carter Airport (YHY) · Hay River, Canada · 139.3 miles away
Parks nearby
Gregoire Lake Provincial Park
Notikewin Provincial Park
Crow Lake Provincial Park
Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve
Greene Valley Provincial Park
Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Wood Buffalo National Park?
Wood Buffalo National Park is in Canada (59.3833° N, 112.9830° W).
When was Wood Buffalo National Park established?
Wood Buffalo National Park was established in 1922, per the source listed at the foot of this page.
How big is Wood Buffalo National Park?
Wood Buffalo National Park covers 11,070,304 acres (4,479,997 ha).
Sources
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391338 — Wikidata (CC0) — name, country, coordinates, area, established year, highest point where stated.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Buffalo_National_Park — Wikipedia article — description (CC BY-SA).