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Wood Buffalo National Park

Nature or garden · Northwest Territories · Canada 🇨🇦
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parks.canada.ca

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Wood Buffalo National Park: address

149 McDougal Road Fort Smith NT X0E 0P0Open in Google Maps →✓ parks.canada.ca/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo/visit · 2026-10-05

Wood Buffalo National Park: opening hours

Wood Buffalo National Park is open year-round. Visitor services are available from May to October.✓ parks.canada.ca/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo · 2026-10-10

Wood Buffalo National Park: what should I know before visiting?

Peak visitation occurs in July and August. Visitor services are available from May to October.✓ parks.canada.ca/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo/visit/heures-hours · 2026-10-10

Wood Buffalo National Park: how to get there

Get here by road You can get here by road year-round. From Yellowknife Travel south on Highway 3 for 338 km. Turn left onto Highway 1, and go 103 km to Enterprise. Turn left onto Highway 2 and go 25 km. Turn right onto Highway 5 and go 264 km to Fort Smith. … Fly here You can fly into Fort Smith, NT and Fort Chipewyan, AB via direct flights from Edmonton, AB and Yellowknife, NT. Contact Northwestern Air Lease for details.✓ parks.canada.ca/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo/visit/visit1 · 2026-10-10

Wood Buffalo National Park: is it wheelchair accessible?

Park Office and Visitor Reception Centre (Fort Smith) Wheelchair accessible parking, interior, and washrooms Some tactile exhibits … Pine Lake Campground Two sites are wheelchair accessible Wheelchair-accessible outhouse … Trails The first section of the Karstland Trail at the Salt River Day-use Area is accessible.✓ parks.canada.ca/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo/visit/acces-access · 2026-10-10

Spanning the Alberta-Northwest Territories border, the largest national park in Canada protects a large swath of the Northern Boreal Plains ecosystem, the largest herds of wood bison in the world, vital whooping crane habitat, extraordinary examples of karst and caves, and the Peace-Athabasca Delta.

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