Elk Island National Park is a national park in Alberta, Canada, that played an important part in the conservation of the plains bison. The park is administered...
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Elk Island may refer to: Elk Island (electoral district), a federal electoral district in the province of Alberta, Canada Elk Island National Park, Alberta...
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Oregon, Utah and Alberta's Elk Island National Park were used to introduce elk back into the former eastern elk range. Successful elk populations have now been...
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In 1965, 23 of these bison were relocated to the south side of Elk Island National Park. Today, they number 300 and are the most genetically pure wood...
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Provincial Park. Other popular sites include Banff National Park, Elk Island National Park, Jasper National Park, Waterton Lakes National Park, and Drumheller...
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Alberta Highway 16 (section Jasper National Park)
Urban Service Area of Sherwood Park. The highway continues east past the Hamlet of Ardrossan, through Elk Island National Park, and past the Ukrainian Cultural...
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Mountains bison herd of Utah, at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota, and in Elk Island National Park in Alberta. The relatively large bison populations...
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Moose Mountain Provincial Park north of Carlyle, Saskatchewan and Bronson Forest in Saskatchewan, and Elk Island National Park and Canadian Forces Base...
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northern part of Wood Buffalo National Park. In 1965, 23 of these bison were relocated to the south side of Elk Island National Park. The 300 surviving there...
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in Yellowstone National Park, Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota, Blue Mounds State Park in Minnesota, Elk Island National Park in Alberta, and...
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contains the Grasslands National Park (east) (SK 023) Important Bird Area. In 2006, plains bison from Elk Island National Park in Alberta were reintroduced...
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of Alberta and the legacy of the former Buffalo National Park, four bison from Elk Island National Park were moved to Wainwright. Today, about a dozen...
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that are perfect for the bison. 16 bison were translocated from Elk Island National Park and initially placed under observation for a year in an enclosed...
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between pure plains bison, even surpassing the preserved herds at Elk Island National Park and Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary. Natural hybridization between wood...
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Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area Elk Island National Park Ministik Strathcona County trails and parks Sherwood Park Natural Area Strathcona Wilderness...
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Elk Island National Park, the Cooking Lake–Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area, the Ministik Lake Game Bird Sanctuary, Miquelon Lake Provincial Park...
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National Park - Moose". Parks Canada. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018. Elk Island National Park of...
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population increase. In 1969, plains bison from Elk Island National Park were released into Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan, creating the Sturgeon...
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Alberta: Elk Island National Park (48,000 acres [19,000 ha]) Suffield National Wildlife Area (113,263 acres [45,836 ha]) Manitoba: Riding Mountain National Park...
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visited the region and saw the elk named after his relative. The following year he created Olympic National Park. The Roosevelt elk grows to around 6–10 ft (1...
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park are descended from the western moose that originated from Alberta's Elk Island National Park. The population and range...
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Wind Cave bison herd (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the National Park Service)
Mounds State Park (Minnesota), Minneopa State Park (Minnesota), and Elk Island National Park (Alberta, Canada). The Wind Cave herd are of the Plains bison subspecies...
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The elk (pl.: elk or elks; Cervus canadensis), or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial...
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Highway. The Canadian National Railway tracks run through the town. Beaverhill Lake lies southwest of the town, and Elk Island National Park is located 30 km...
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Park of Alberta. Mud Lake, Elk Island National Park. 53°36′00″N 112°51′00″W / 53.60000°N 112.85000°W / 53.60000; -112.85000 (Mud Lake-Elk Island Park)...
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Elk Island was a federal electoral district in the province of Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2004...
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the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia. The island is also a protected National Park Reserve and an Important Bird Area. The expedition of Portuguese...
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Breton Highlands National Park is a Canadian national park on northern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. The park was the first national park in the Atlantic...
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American bison (category National symbols of the United States)
former was limited after the rediscovery of a relatively pure herd. Elk Island National Park, which has wild populations of both wood and plains bison, has...
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Losiny Ostrov National Park (Russian: Национальный парк "Лосиный Остров", literally - Elk (Moose) Island) is the second oldest national park of Russia (after...
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