Thoughts From a "Lost Canadian" About Wood Buffalo National Park

I've been writing about the amazing National Parks in Canada, because this "Lost Canadian" wants to learn about her new country and there are two National Parks left. Today I'm writing about the largest National Park in Canada - Wood Buffalo National Park!

• Wood Buffalo National Park covers 44,741 sq km across the Alberta-Northwest Territories border.
• Established in 1922, it protects the world's largest free-roaming wood bison herd, provides nesting grounds for the endangered whooping crane, and contains the Peace-Athabasca Delta.
• Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Centre, this remote wilderness features unique landscapes and diverse attractions.
• Wood Buffalo National Park is home to around 3000 wood bison. This is the largest free-roaming, self-regulating wood bison herd left in the world.
• This Park protects the nesting area of the last natural wild migratory flock of whooping cranes left in the world.
• This Park has salt plains and is renowned for its gypsum karst caves and sinkhole.
• Wood Buffalo National Park is the world’s largest designated Dark Sky Preserve, offering unmatched views of the Milky Way and the Northern Lights.
• The park features the Peace-Athabasca Delta (one of the world's largest freshwater inland deltas) and houses the world's largest documented beaver dam, stretching over 800 meters.
• Wood Buffalo National Park is the traditional territory of the Dene, Cree, and Métis and non-indigenous people.  Archeological evidence shows Indigenous people have inhabited the region which is now Wood Buffalo National Park for more than 8000 years, long before fur traders arrived in the early 1700s. 
• On June 28, 2013, Wood Buffalo National Park received designation from The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada as the world’s largest Dark Sky Preserve.

You will find more information about Wood Buffalo National Park at this link.