Buffalo National Park

Buffalo National Park was created near the town of Wainwright in east central Alberta on June 5, 1909.

The 583 km2 (225 sq mi) park land was developed for use by Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and comprises the majority of its space.

The Canadian government populated Buffalo National Park with a herd of roughly 700 plains bison purchased from the Flathead Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of Montana.

As numbers grew, the herd suffered from disease and starvation, as the bison had to compete for food on the park's limited space.

Today, about a dozen bison reside on CFB Wainwright in Bud Cotton Paddock, named for the first Park Warden.

Corraling buffalo in Wainwright Buffalo Park (1925). Bison were rounded up in Wainwright, Alberta , and transported by land and river to Wood Buffalo National Park in the far north of Alberta.