Peace–Athabasca Delta

The Peace–Athabasca Delta in northeastern Alberta, where the Peace and Athabasca rivers join the Slave River and Lake Athabasca, is North America’s largest freshwater inland delta and one of its most important waterfowl habitats. Human use reaches back 7,000 to 8,000 years, and Cree and Chipewyan descendants continue fishing, hunting, and trapping traditions there. Partly within Wood Buffalo National Park, the delta also supports wood and plains bison and one of only two known nesting places for whooping cranes. Recognized internationally for its biological importance, it has also been closely studied for changing water levels and ecological shifts linked to flooding, climate, and river regulation.

Alberta · Canada