Lava Canyon Wildfire (2009)
BC Wildfire Service identifies Lava Canyon in the Chilcotin as the largest wildfire of the 2009 B.C. season at 66,719 hectares, with evacuation orders and alerts.
Historical significance
Lava Canyon is a durable historical reference for major Chilcotin wildfire activity. The page keeps the final reported area separate from current active-fire metrics and modern satellite detections.
Official source
BC Wildfire Service — Major Historical Wildfires. Province-published historical summaries of significant British Columbia wildfires, including reported final area and documented community impacts where supplied.
Review source material →What this page does not claim
This is not a live incident page, a complete reconstruction of every operational update, a current evacuation or restriction source, or proof of a fire's exact perimeter at a particular moment. Current decisions should use current official sources.
Current wildfire maps for related communities
These links show today's FireRadar context near communities connected to the historical event. They do not recreate 2009 conditions.