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Smoke near Fort Chipewyan
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Fort Chipewyan wildfire map & smoke conditions
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Historical wildfire activity around Fort Chipewyan
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Current direct-official data
Official wildfires near Fort Chipewyan
Latest source update: Aug 17, 2026, 7:46 p.m.
Within 25 km
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Active official point records.
Within 50 km
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Active official point records.
Within 100 km
0
0 recent out records are also within 100 km.
Distances are straight-line measurements to source-provided point locations, not fire perimeters, evacuation boundaries, or safety ratings.
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Fire bans & restrictions around Fort Chipewyan
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Current wildfire summary for Fort Chipewyan
There are 0 current official Alberta fire points within 100 km of the community centre. The nearest current official point is 199 km west near HWF-005-2026.
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AQHI and PM2.5 context
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Within 25 km: 0 · within 50 km: 0 · within 100 km: 0.
There are 0 recent out or extinguished official records within 100 km.
Local official context
Official incident status comes from Alberta Wildfire. FireRadar excludes records that do not meet the direct-feed active-status rules used by the public map.
The current verified Alberta source payload contains 3 official records before FireRadar separates active and recent-out context.
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Wildfire context around Fort Chipewyan
Fort Chipewyan is a fly-in and seasonal-road community on Lake Athabasca surrounded by boreal forest, wetlands, Indigenous communities and vast remote landscapes. Wildfire can affect aviation, seasonal transportation, community services and traditional land use, while smoke may arrive from large fires across northern Alberta, Saskatchewan or the Northwest Territories rather than from a nearby ignition.
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