A Note on Historical Mortality in a Northern Bison Population

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Ferguson, Theresa A., Laviolette, Frank
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Animal diseases; Animal mortality; History; Traditional knowledge; Moose; North American bison; Oral history; Fort Chipewyan region; Alberta; Wood Buffalo National Park; Alberta/N.W.T; Fort Chipewyan; Fort Smith; Wood Buffalo; Arctic; Chipewyan; Slave River
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64427

Mortality of bison in the area of what is now Wood Buffalo National Park was recorded in records of Fort Chipewyan for the years 1821, 1823, and 1831. There is oral tradition in the Fort Smith area that many bison died in the Slave River lowlands during one summer later in the 19th century. The reco...