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Wood Buffalo National Park is Canada's largest national park and one of the largest in the world, protecting 27,780 square miles of critical wildlife habitat.
Established in 1922 to protect the last Wood bison herd in northern Canada, today the park conserves an outstanding example of Canada's northern boreal plains as well as one of the world's largest free-roaming bison herd.
The park also hosts the only remaining nesting ground of the endangered whooping crane.
The biologically rich Peace-Athabasca Delta, extensive salt plains unique in Canada and some of the finest examples of gypsum karst topography in North America are some of the features that led to the park's designation as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage Site in 1983.
The park straddles the Northwest Territories and northern Alberta.
Road access to Fort Smith and Peace Point is maintained year-round. There are no entry or gate fees for vehicles entering the park.
The park offers a variety of experiences, from short strolls on secluded forested trails to rugged canoe trips on wide meandering rivers skirting boreal plains.
The longer days and slightly warmer temperatures in late March and April are ideal for cross-country skiing or snowshoeing.
One winter activity that is gaining popularity is viewing the aurora borealis, also called northern lights. The park is ideally situated in an area of intense aurora activity. Spectacular light shows are common on clear nights throughout winter.
There are no tracked ski trails in the park and recreational snowmobiling is prohibited.
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