Banff National Park

Pablo and Andrew Stringer, totaled 250 in 1899. By 1906 it numbered nearly 800 and was the main plains bison hers in North America, the only other being the herd..

Bison Census – Bison Populations

…Males Females Young Total by Prov. Grand Total ALBERTA Banff Banff National Park 8 5 3 16 Lamont Elk Island Park 125 167 30 322 Wainwright Buffalo Park Herd 3073…

Canada History

…Buffalo Park. These, with the possible increase of 250 for 1913, brings the total number of buffalo in Buffalo Park up to 1,300. At Banff, there are approximately 25 and…

American Bison Society

…the bison in existence, estimated at a few more than 1,700, are now owned by private individuals, except those owned by the national park at Banff, the few in Yellowstone…

Michel Pablo

…and the remaining 85 went to Elk Island National Park. In October 1909 77 bison were added to the herd in Buffalo National Park from Banff, 10 more were delivered…

Pages: 1 2 Henry Kellsey, a factor of the Hudson Bay Company, in a report of his explorations in the far west of Canada, in 1691, tells of his party sighting buffalo in large numbers. A few years later this explorer became the first white buffalo hunter on the plains of western Canada. He tells that everywhere the Indians were slaughtering, taking only the choice pieces and leaving the greater portion of each slain body to the wolves which followed in large bands. The Saturday News May 21, 1914 In 1786 statistics show that over 705,000 skins were exported from Québec … Read more