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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. |
|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> |
|<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> |
Revision as of 22:20, 30 July 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
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
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
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
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 | Kamloops | |||
Lamb Creek fire | 11,882 | Southeast | [4] | ||
McGillvray fire | 10,979 | Kamloops |
2004
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
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
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
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
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
Fire name | Hectares burned | Fire Centre | Date discovered | Comments | Link |
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Blue River fire | 11,000 | Northwest |
2012
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
- List of fires in Canada
- 2017 British Columbia wildfires
- 2018 British Columbia wildfires
- List of wildfires
References
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "Gustafsen Wildfire".
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