Major historical wildfires in British Columbia
This curated collection turns durable, named historical-fire searches into source-backed FireRadar resources. Every page preserves BC Wildfire Service reporting and stays clearly separate from FireRadar's own retained observation archive.
The cohort is intentionally incomplete. FireRadar publishes a historical incident only when a stable authoritative source supplies enough event-specific information to make the page useful without reconstructing missing facts.
BC Wildfire Service reports Bush Creek East (K21633) at 45,613 hectares, discovered July 12, 2023 and naturally caused. The Lower East Adams Lake fire later merged with Bush Creek East within the Adams Complex.
BC Wildfire Service reports the Donnie Creek wildfire (G80280) at 619,072.5 hectares, discovered May 12, 2023 and naturally caused in the Province's 2023 season table.
BC Wildfire Service reports the McDougall Creek wildfire (K52767) at 13,970.4 hectares, discovered August 15, 2023 with cause listed as undetermined in the season table.
BC Wildfire Service lists the Lytton Creek wildfire (K71086) as an 83,671-hectare Wildfire of Note discovered on June 30, 2021. FireRadar preserves the Province's historical incident record rather than reconstructing the event from modern map observations.
BC Wildfire Service reports the Sparks Lake wildfire (K21001) at 95,980 hectares, discovered June 28, 2021 and listed as human-caused in the Province's 2021 Wildfires of Note table.
BC Wildfire Service lists the White Rock Lake wildfire (K61884) at 83,342 hectares, discovered July 13, 2021 and recorded as naturally caused in the 2021 Wildfires of Note table.
BC Wildfire Service lists Christie Mountain (K51287) as a 2,122.5-hectare Wildfire of Note discovered August 18, 2020 with cause undetermined.
BC Wildfire Service reports the Elephant Hill wildfire at 191,865 hectares, extending from near Ashcroft toward the Highway 24 area after being discovered July 6, 2017.
BC Wildfire Service reports the Hanceville Complex around Hanceville, Riske Creek and Alexis Creek at a combined 241,160 hectares during the 2017 season.
BC Wildfire Service reports that the Plateau Complex on the Chilcotin Plateau covered a combined 545,151 hectares after nearly 20 separate fires merged.
BC Wildfire Service reports the 2014 Chelaslie River wildfire at 133,098 hectares, including sections of Entiako Provincial Park, with evacuation alerts and orders associated with the event.
BC Wildfire Service reports the Mount McAllister wildfire at 26,273 hectares, about 56 kilometres west of Chetwynd, and records evacuation impacts including Hudson's Hope.
BC Wildfire Service reports that the Binta Lake wildfire south of Burns Lake reached a final size of 40,000 hectares and was the largest single blaze of the 2010 B.C. season.
BC Wildfire Service reports the Kelly Creek wildfire in Edgehills Provincial Park at 20,925 hectares, with evacuation orders and alerts and two structures lost during the blaze.
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.
BC Wildfire Service reports the McLure wildfire at a final size of 26,420 hectares and documents evacuations and losses affecting McLure, Barriere and Louis Creek.
BC Wildfire Service reports a final size of 25,600 hectares for the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park wildfire and documents major evacuations and residential losses in the Kelowna and Naramata area.
BC Wildfire Service reports that the 1998 Salmon Arm wildfire burned more than 6,000 hectares, caused approximately 7,000 evacuations and destroyed 40 buildings.
BC Wildfire Service reports that the 1994 Penticton wildfire, also known as the Garnet fire, burned more than 5,500 hectares, prompted more than 3,500 evacuations and resulted in 18 homes and structures lost.
BC Wildfire Service reports the 1983 Swiss wildfire south of Houston at a final size of 18,208 hectares after rapid growth during dry and windy conditions.