Wood Buffalo National Park

World Heritage
Canada
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Located in the north-central plains of Canada, the park covers 44,807 square kilometers and is home to the largest population of bison in North America. It is also a natural nesting site for whooping cranes. Another attraction of the park is the world's largest inland delta, located at the mouth of the Peace and Athabasca rivers.

American white pelicans at Rapids of the Drowned (Slave River)

Wood Buffalo National Park 9

Marmot

Pine Lake

Wood bison (not pure)

Beaver lodge

Location and extent of the park (dark green)

Plains bison were transferred here from Buffalo National Park in the 1920s, but they carried disease...

Grosbeak Lake

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country Canada
image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wood-Buffalo-NP%20Waldbison%2098-07-02.jpg
instance of national park of Canada
located in the administrative territorial entity South Slave Region
ISNI 0000 0004 0517 0455
executive body Wood Buffalo National Park
location of creation Wood Buffalo National Park
IPA transcription 2335380
ELSTAT geographical code wood-buffalo-national-park
number of rooms viaf-146500056
geoshape WoodBuffaloNationalPark
office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/029qz4
Commons category Wood Buffalo National Park
inception 1922-12-18T00:00:00Z
coordinate location Point(-112.983 59.3833)
official website https://pc.gc.ca/fr/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo
Commons gallery Wood Buffalo National Park
page banner http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wood%20Buffalo%20National%20Park%20banner.jpg
area 4480000
area 44792
World Heritage criteria World Heritage selection criterion (x)
Atlas Obscura identifier wood-buffalo-national-park
uses 4535183-1

start time 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
conferred by Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
official website https://pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo
language of work or name English
start time 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name منتزه وود بافالو الوطني
official name Wood Buffalo National Park
official name Parque Nacional de Wood Buffalo
official name Parc national Wood Buffalo
official name ウッド・バッファロー国立公園
official name Nationaal park Wood Buffalo
official name Национальный парк Вуд-Баффало
official name 伍德布法罗国家公园
volume as quantity World Heritage selection criterion (x)
significant place Giuseppe Proietti
object has role Eliza Fraser