Wood Buffalo National Park facts for kids

Pine Lake in Wood Buffalo National Park

Wood Buffalo National Park is a national park and the largest one in Canada. The park is in northeastern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories.

It was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 because of its biological diversity. The Peace-Athabasca Delta is one of the world's largest freshwater deltas, as well as having a population of wild bison.

Inside the park is the only natural nesting habitat for the endangered whooping crane. The park is also populated by moose, wood bison, black bear, wolf, lynx, beaver, brown bear, snowshoe hare, sandhill crane, ruffed grouse, and the world's northernmost population of red-sided garter snakes.

Images for kids

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  Translocation of plains bison from Buffalo National Park in 1920s, resulting in collapse of wood bison.

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  Location and extent of the park (dark green)

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  Wood bison (not pure)

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  Marmot

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  Beaver lodge

See also

In Spanish: Parque nacional Búfalo de los Bosques para niños