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 |
Fernie fire |
64,000 |
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22 deaths, town of Fernie completely destroyed. |
[2] |
2003
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Fire Centre |
Date discovered |
Comments |
Link |
Midwinter Lake fire |
32,000 |
Prince George |
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Chilko Lake/Chilko River fire |
29,202 |
Cariboo |
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McLure fire |
26,420 |
Kamloops |
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Okanagan Mountain Park fire |
25,600 |
Kamloops |
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Lamb Creek fire |
11,882 |
Southeast |
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[3] |
McGillvray fire |
10,979 |
Kamloops |
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2004
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Fire Centre |
Date discovered |
Comments |
Link |
Coal River fire |
32,000 |
Prince George |
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Swan Lake fire |
29,962 |
Northwest |
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Lonesome Lake fire |
22,745 |
Cariboo |
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Historic "Crusoe of Lonesome Lake" homestead lost. |
[4] |
McBride River fire |
14,000 |
Northwest |
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Kotcho Lake fire |
13,325 |
Prince George |
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Kenney fire |
10,300 |
Prince George |
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2005
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Fire Centre |
Date discovered |
Comments |
Link |
15km East of Tatuk Lake fire |
12,371 |
Prince George |
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2006
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Fire Centre |
Date discovered |
Comments |
Link |
Mt Hamelin fire |
12,051 |
Prince George |
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Narcosli Ecological Reserve fire |
11,500 |
Cariboo |
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Tezla Lake fire |
10,961 |
Cariboo |
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Dall Lake fire |
10,600 |
Prince George |
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2009
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Fire Centre |
Date discovered |
Commments |
Link |
Lava Canyon fire |
66,719 |
Cariboo |
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Junction of Smith and Liard Rivers fire |
23,182 |
Prince George |
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Kelly Creek fire |
20,925 |
Cariboo |
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2010
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Fire Centre |
Date discovered |
Comments |
Link |
NW of Meldrum Creek Complex |
47,293 |
Cariboo |
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Binta Lake fire |
40,000 |
Northwest |
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Pelican Lake Complex |
35,506 |
Cariboo |
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Old Faddy fire |
35,284 |
Northwest |
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Bull Canyon Complex |
35,000 |
Cariboo |
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[5] |
Sheslay River fire |
28,000 |
Northwest |
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NW of Tsacha Lake fire |
13,087 |
Prince George |
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2011
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Fire Centre |
Date discovered |
Comments |
Link |
Blue River fire |
11,000 |
Northwest |
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2012
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Fire Centre |
Date discovered |
Comments |
Link |
White Spruce Creek fire |
24,852 |
Prince George |
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Suhm Creek fire |
12,196 |
Prince George |
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2014
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Fire Centre |
Date discovered |
Comments |
Link |
Chelaslie River car |
133,098 |
Northwest |
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Tenakihi-Mesilinka Complex fire |
64,576 |
Prince George |
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Forres Mountain fire |
29,672 |
Prince George |
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Red Deer Creek fire |
33,547 |
Prince George |
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Mount McAllister fire |
26,273 |
Prince George |
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Euchiniko Lakes fire |
21,518 |
Prince George |
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2015
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Fire Centre |
Date discovered |
Link |
Little Bobtail Lake fire |
25,569 |
Prince George |
May 8 |
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Elaho fire |
12,523 |
Coastal |
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2016
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Date discovered |
Link |
Beatton Airport Road fire |
15,739 |
April 18 |
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Siphon Creek Road / Doig Reserve fire |
62,700 |
April 18 |
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2017
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Date discovered |
Link |
Elephant Hill fire |
191,865 |
July 6 |
[6] |
The Plateau fire |
545,151 |
July 7 |
[7] |
Hanceville Riske Creek fire |
241,160 |
July 7 |
[8] |
Kleena Kleene |
25,558 |
July 7 |
[9] |
White Lake fire |
13,211 |
July 7 |
[10] |
Wildwood fire |
12,723 |
July 7 |
[11] |
Kluskoil Lake 1 fire |
21,870 |
July 10 |
[12] |
2018
Fire name |
Hectares burned |
Date discovered |
Link |
Tommy Lakes fire |
21,795 |
May 22 |
[13] |
Snowy Mountain fire |
17,068 |
July 17 |
[14] |
Shovel Lake fire |
92,255 |
July 27 |
[15] |
Chutanli Lake fire |
20,412 |
July 30 |
[16] |
North of Tezzeron Lake fire |
10,602 |
July 30 |
[17] |
Nadina Lake fire |
85,428 |
July 31 |
[18] |
Verdun Mountain fire |
34,586 |
July 31 |
[19] |
Alkali Lake fire |
118,318 |
August 01 |
[20] |
Shag Creek fire |
12,322 |
August 01 |
[21] |
Island Lake fire |
20,468 |
August 01 |
[22] |
North Baezaeko fire |
11,508 |
August 01 |
[23] |
Lutz Creek fire |
100,799 |
August 04 |
[24] |
W Babine River fire |
10,800 |
August 05 |
[25] |
Hugh Allen Creek fire |
10,000 |
August 06 |
[26] |
Tweedsmuir Complex |
298,538 |
August 08 |
[27] |
Cool Creek fire |
14,372 |
August 15 |
[28] |