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Municipality in Alberta, Canada
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Wood Buffalo is a region that covers the entire northeastern quadrant of Alberta, Canada. The entire region is drained by the Athabasca River, a major river that goes on to empty into the world's largest inland delta inside Wood Buffalo National Park.
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By car
If you're driving, take Highway 28 from Edmonton, and then transfer to Highway 63. Travel distance is about 450 km (280 mi) northeast of Edmonton.
Wood Buffalo Transit operates a few rural bus routes to communities near Fort McMurray, but otherwise there are no intercity bus services, and a private vehicle is a must.
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home to most of the region population, it is a bustling town of oil sands workers and businesses
one of the oldest European settlements in Alberta, established in 1788; gateway to the Wood Buffalo National Park
a service town for the oil and gas industry, in mostly First Nations reserve land, of Cree and Dene heritage
This massive park is a UNESCO world heritage site that extends into the Northwest Territories. It protects the largest intact boreal forest on earth, contains the largest freshwater inland delta on earth, and is home to a herd of rare wood bison (or "wood buffalo").
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