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The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (abbreviated RMWB) [5] [6] is a specialized municipality in northeast Alberta, Canada. It is the largest regional municipality in Canada by area (105650.88km2 | this number includes Wood Buffalo Nation Park of Canada) [ 7 ] and is home to oil sand deposits known as the Athabasca oil sands .
The largest and westernmost parcel is immediately south of Wood Buffalo National Park and shares its western border with Birch River Wildland Provincial Park. The eastern border covers the Athabasca River for the northernmost township 104 (6 miles (9.7 km)) and then west of Chipewyan Indian Reserve 201G .
Gregoire Lake Estates is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo. [2] It is located on Highway 881, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Fort McMurray.
RM of Wood Buffalo page Fitzgerald , also known as Fort Fitzgerald and originally Smith's Landing , is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta , Canada within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo , located 15.4 kilometres (9.6 mi) south of the Northwest Territories border, and 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of Fort Smith .
Improvement District No. 24, or Improvement District No. 24 (Wood Buffalo), [4] is an improvement district in Alberta, Canada. Coextensive with the portion of Wood Buffalo National Park in northeast Alberta , the improvement district provides local governance for lands within the park that are not within Indian reserves .
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo is a largely rural riding in the northeast corner of Alberta. Municipally, the riding consists of the northern part of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and almost all of Improvement District No. 24. The riding is home to the bulk of industrial activity relating to the Athabasca oil sands.
It is located in the Caribou Mountains, immediately west of Wood Buffalo National Park in a remote backcountry area. The closest communities in Alberta are Fort Vermilion and Garden River. It was established by the Alberta Government in 2001 under the "Special Places program" by Order in Council 308/2001. [1]
Richardson Wildland Park is a wildland provincial park in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, northern Alberta, Canada. It was established 14 May 2018 and has an area of 312,068 hectares (1,204.90 sq mi).