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ALBERTA PARKS

Wood Buffalo National Park

located in northeastern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, is the largest national park in Canada The park was established in 1922 to protect the world's largest herd of free roaming

Wood BisonYear-round access is available to Fort Smith by road on the Mackenzie Highway, which connects to Highway 5 near Hay River, Northwest Territories.

 

wood Buffalo National Park contains a large variety of wildlife species, such as moose, black bear, wolf, lynx, brown bear, snowshoe hare, sandhill crane, Wood Buffalo, ruffed grouse, and the garter snake, which form famous communal dens within the park.

Winter access is also available using winter and ice roads from Fort McMurray through Fort Chipewyan