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[[British Columbia]] is the westernmost province in [[Canada]], and is prone to fires. Fires are extremely common during summer, and 2017 had [[2017 British Columbia wildfires|the worst fire season on record]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-surpasses-worst-wildfire-season-on-record-and-threat-is-far-from-over-1.4249435|title=B.C. surpasses worst wildfire season on record {{!}} CBC News|work=CBC|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en-US}}</ref> |
[[British Columbia]] is the westernmost province in [[Canada]], and is prone to fires. Fires are extremely common during summer, and 2017 had [[2017 British Columbia wildfires|the worst fire season on record]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-surpasses-worst-wildfire-season-on-record-and-threat-is-far-from-over-1.4249435|title=B.C. surpasses worst wildfire season on record {{!}} CBC News|work=CBC|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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|22 deaths, town of [[Fernie, British Columbia|Fernie]] completely destroyed. |
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== 1938 == |
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|Bloedel fire |
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|75,000 |
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|Sayward |
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|July 5 1938 |
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|0 deaths, the fire burned for 30 days on the north of Vancouver Island directly outside the village of [[Sayward]]. The effort to extinguish the fire was the largest in British Columbia's history up to that point. It was British Columbia's largest recorded wildfire until it was surpassed in size by the Chelaslie River fire in 2014. |
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|<ref>{{cite journal |title=Darkness at Noon - The Bloedel Fire of 1938 |url=https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/docs/scv/scv871.pdf |journal=Research Branch of the B.C. Forest Service |year=1994 |last=Parminter |first=John |accessdate=2023-07-30 }}</ref> |
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|Okanagan Mountain Park fire |
|Okanagan Mountain Park fire |
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|25,600 |
|25,600 |
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|Kelowna |
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|Kamloops |
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|Chelaslie River |
|Chelaslie River fire |
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|133,098 |
|133,098 |
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|Northwest |
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|5,700 |
|5,700 |
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|July 6 |
|July 6 |
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|<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Gustafsen Wildfire|url=http://www.wltribune.com/news/2017-gustafsen-wildfire-was-caused-by-firearm-use-foi-documents-confirm/amp/ |
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Gustafsen Wildfire|url=http://www.wltribune.com/news/2017-gustafsen-wildfire-was-caused-by-firearm-use-foi-documents-confirm/amp/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> |
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|Nadina Lake fire |
|Nadina Lake fire |
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|86,766 |
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| July 31 |
| July 31 |
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp?ID=716|title=Wildfires of Note|website=bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> |
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp?ID=716|title=Wildfires of Note|website=bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> |
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|Lutz Creek fire |
|Lutz Creek fire |
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|76,100 |
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|August 4 |
|August 4 |
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp?ID=780|title=Wildfires of Note|website=bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> |
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp?ID=780|title=Wildfires of Note|website=bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> |
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|Tweedsmuir Complex |
|Tweedsmuir Complex |
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|301,549 |
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|August 8 |
|August 8 |
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp?ID=781|title=Wildfires of Note|website=bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> |
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp?ID=781|title=Wildfires of Note|website=bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> |
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|Cool Creek fire |
|Cool Creek fire |
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|13,626 |
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|August 15 |
|August 15 |
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp?ID=778|title=Wildfires of Note|website=bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> |
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp?ID=778|title=Wildfires of Note|website=bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> |
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== 2022 == |
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|R90436 (Unnamed) |
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|12,330 |
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|July 2 |
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|Heather Lake fire |
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|14,970 |
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|August 21 |
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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wildfires of Note |url=http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp?ID=891 |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca}}</ref> |
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|Battleship Mountain fire |
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|31,755 |
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|August 30 |
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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wildfires of Note |url=http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/OneFire.asp?ID=889 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Latest revision as of 20:51, 27 September 2023
British Columbia is the westernmost province in Canada, and is prone to fires. Fires are extremely common during summer, and 2017 had the worst fire season on record.[1]
Inclusion criteria and organization
[edit]Only fires with at least 10,000 hectares burned are allowed, unless deaths involved. The fires are organized by date. If there are multiple fires on a certain date, the larger fire goes on top.
1908
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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Fernie fire | 64,000 | 22 deaths, town of Fernie completely destroyed. | [2] |
1938
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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Bloedel fire | 75,000 | Sayward | July 5 1938 | 0 deaths, the fire burned for 30 days on the north of Vancouver Island directly outside the village of Sayward. The effort to extinguish the fire was the largest in British Columbia's history up to that point. It was British Columbia's largest recorded wildfire until it was surpassed in size by the Chelaslie River fire in 2014. | [3] |
2003
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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Midwinter Lake fire | 32,000 | Prince George | |||
Chilko Lake/Chilko River fire | 29,202 | Cariboo | |||
McLure fire | 26,420 | Kamloops | |||
Okanagan Mountain Park fire | 25,600 | Kelowna | |||
Lamb Creek fire | 11,882 | Southeast | [4] | ||
McGillvray fire | 10,979 | Kamloops |
2004
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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Coal River fire | 32,000 | Prince George | |||
Swan Lake fire | 29,962 | Northwest | |||
Lonesome Lake fire | 22,745 | Cariboo | Historic "Crusoe of Lonesome Lake" homestead lost. | [5] | |
McBride River fire | 14,000 | Northwest | |||
Kotcho Lake fire | 13,325 | Prince George | |||
Kenney fire | 10,300 | Prince George |
2005
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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15 km East of Tatuk Lake fire | 12,371 | Prince George |
2006
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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Mt Hamelin fire | 12,051 | Prince George | |||
Narcosli Ecological Reserve fire | 11,500 | Cariboo | |||
Tezla Lake fire | 10,961 | Cariboo | |||
Dall Lake fire | 10,600 | Prince George |
2009
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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Lava Canyon fire | 66,719 | Cariboo | |||
Junction of Smith and Liard Rivers fire | 23,182 | Prince George | |||
Kelly Creek fire | 20,925 | Cariboo |
2010
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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NW of Meldrum Creek Complex | 47,293 | Cariboo | |||
Binta Lake fire | 40,000 | Northwest | |||
Pelican Lake Complex | 35,506 | Cariboo | |||
Old Faddy fire | 35,284 | Northwest | |||
Bull Canyon Complex | 35,000 | Cariboo | [6] | ||
Sheslay River fire | 28,000 | Northwest | |||
NW of Tsacha Lake fire | 13,087 | Prince George |
2011
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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Blue River fire | 11,000 | Northwest |
2012
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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White Spruce Creek fire | 24,852 | Prince George | |||
Suhm Creek fire | 12,196 | Prince George |
2014
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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Chelaslie River fire | 133,098 | Northwest | |||
Tenakihi-Mesilinka Complex fire | 64,576 | Prince George | |||
Forres Mountain fire | 29,672 | Prince George | |||
Red Deer Creek fire | 33,547 | Prince George | |||
Mount McAllister fire | 26,273 | Prince George | |||
Euchiniko Lakes fire | 21,518 | Prince George |
2015
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Link |
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Little Bobtail Lake fire | 25,569 | Prince George | May 8 | |
Elaho fire | 12,523 | Coastal |
2016
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Date discovered | Link |
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Beatton Airport Road fire | 15,739 | April 18 | |
Siphon Creek Road / Doig Reserve fire | 62,700 | April 18 |
2017
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Date discovered | Link |
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Elephant Hill fire | 191,865 | July 6 | [7] |
The Plateau fire | 545,151 | July 7 | [8] |
Hanceville Riske Creek fire | 241,160 | July 7 | [9] |
Kleena Kleene | 25,558 | July 7 | [10] |
White Lake fire | 13,211 | July 7 | [11] |
Wildwood fire | 12,723 | July 7 | [12] |
Kluskoil Lake 1 fire | 21,870 | July 10 | [13] |
Gustafsen Lake fire | 5,700 | July 6 | [14] |
2018
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Date discovered | Link |
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Tommy Lakes fire | 21,795 | May 22 | [15] |
Snowy Mountain fire | 17,068 | July 17 | [16] |
Shovel Lake fire | 92,255 | July 27 | [17] |
Chutanli Lake fire | 20,412 | July 30 | [18] |
North of Tezzeron Lake fire | 10,602 | July 30 | [19] |
Nadina Lake fire | 86,766 | July 31 | [20] |
Verdun Mountain fire | 34,586 | July 31 | [21] |
Alkali Lake fire | 118,318 | August 1 | [22] |
Shag Creek fire | 12,322 | August 1 | [23] |
Island Lake fire | 20,468 | August 1 | [24] |
North Baezaeko fire | 11,508 | August 1 | [25] |
Lutz Creek fire | 76,100 | August 4 | [26] |
W Babine River fire | 10,800 | August 5 | [27] |
Hugh Allen Creek fire | 10,000 | August 6 | [28] |
Tweedsmuir Complex | 301,549 | August 8 | [29] |
Cool Creek fire | 13,626 | August 15 | [30] |
2021
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2022
[edit]Fire name | Hectares burned | Date discovered | Link |
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R90436 (Unnamed) | 12,330 | July 2 | |
Heather Lake fire | 14,970 | August 21 | [31] |
Battleship Mountain fire | 31,755 | August 30 | [32] |
See also
[edit]- List of fires in Canada
- 2017 British Columbia wildfires
- 2018 British Columbia wildfires
- List of wildfires
References
[edit]- ^ "B.C. surpasses worst wildfire season on record | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ^ "firesmartcanada.ca" (PDF). firesmartcanada. June 3, 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Parminter, John (1994). "Darkness at Noon - The Bloedel Fire of 1938" (PDF). Research Branch of the B.C. Forest Service. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Mickleburgh, Rod (27 July 2004). "B.C. Fire destroys fabled home". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Wildfire Season Summary - Province of British Columbia".
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- ^ "Gustafsen Wildfire".
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