The Revenant was filmed primarily in Canada, with key locations including Kananaskis Country and the Bow Valley in Alberta, west of Calgary. These areas provided the vast, wild, and mountainous landscapes essential for the film's frontier setting
. Some notable specific sites in Alberta include Fortress Mountain, Dead Man's Flats, and the Bow River area near Mînî Thnî, which served as locations for important scenes such as ambushes and the frontier fort
. Additional filming took place in British Columbia, particularly in the Derringer Forest near Squamish for the bear attack scene
. The film also shot scenes in the United States, notably at Kootenai Falls near Libby, Montana, which featured in memorable waterfall scenes
. Finally, due to warming weather in North America, the production moved to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, to film the snowy final scenes
. In summary, The Revenant was filmed across multiple rugged and remote locations:
- Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada (majority of scenes)
- Bow Valley, Alberta, Canada
- Derringer Forest, British Columbia, Canada (bear attack)
- Kootenai Falls, Montana, USA
- Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (final snowy scenes)
These locations were chosen to authentically capture the harsh wilderness of the early 19th-century American frontier depicted in the film
