Wood Bison Region ((in)Wood buffalo) | |
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A bison in the Wood Buffalo National Park | |
Information | |
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Regional capital | Fort Smith |
Location | |
![]() 62 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ N 113 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W | |
The wood bison region is located in Northwest Territories to Canada.
Understand
The wood bison region is located in the southern Northwest Territories on the border with the Saskatchewan and theAlberta.
Cities
- 1 Fort Smith – Town located along the Slave River adjacent to the border withAlberta.
Other destinations
- 1 Wood Buffalo National Park – One of the largest national parks in the world, protects the last herds of bison in the Northern Canada.
To go
By car
The territorial highway 5 is the road axis of the region. This is a distance of 273 km Between Hay river and Fort Smith. The motorway crosses the Wood Buffalo National Park and has stopping points to observe the landscape.
By plane
- 1 Fort Smith Airport (IATA : YSM, ICAO: CYSM, Fort Smith Airport) (4 km northwest of Fort Smith) – helipad south-east of the airport