As part of Canada's system of national parks and national
historic sites, Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada is our country's
largest national park and one of the largest in the world. It
was established in 1922 to protect the last remaining herds of
bison in northern Canada. Today, it protects an outstanding and
representative example of Canada's Northern Boreal Plains.
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Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada 
The presence of rare and superlative natural phenomena — including one of the largest free-roaming, self-regulating bison herds in the world, 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 — led to the park's designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
Wetlands of International Significance
In 1982, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
recognized that Wood Buffalo protected two wetland areas of international
significance — the Peace-Athabasca Delta and the whooping crane
nesting area. These areas were designated as Ramsar
sites — a designation by the Ramsar Convention which focuses on
identification and protection of critical habitat for migratory birds.
Wood Buffalo is the only national park in Canada with two designated Ramsar
sites.
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