Highway corridor · British Columbia

BC Highway 19 – North Island wildfire map & smoke conditions

Track official wildfires and smoke near Highway 19 through northern Vancouver Island from Campbell River toward Port McNeill and Port Hardy.

Distances are measured from an approximate route line and may not reflect every point on the road. They do not indicate road status or safety.

Current official data · FireRadar-curated corridor distance

Official wildfires near BC Highway 19 – North Island

Latest source update: Oct 2, 2026, 11:02 a.m. PDT
Within 25 km
3
Active official wildfire points from the represented place geometry.
Within 50 km
6
Active official wildfire points from the represented place geometry.
Within 100 km
6
0 recent out records are also within 100 km from the represented place geometry.
Nearest official active fire
3.3 km
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Distance is measured to a FireRadar-curated corridor line for geographic context. It is not a road-closure, spread, evacuation, or travel-safety distance.

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Wildfire context for BC Highway 19 – North Island

North Island Highway 19 crosses extensive managed forest, rural and Indigenous communities, resource roads, recreation areas, and long sections with limited services. Fires can affect forestry access, freight, community travel, tourism, utilities, and visibility well between population centres.

Smoke forecast, air quality and fire weather

Smoke forecasts, measured AQHI and Fire Danger ratings describe different conditions. FireRadar shows each separately so one is not mistaken for another.

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Official wildfire source for British Columbia

Official incident markers come from the BC Wildfire Service feed. Marker locations are informational and do not replace official emergency notices or local emergency instructions.

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Emergency, closure, and travel information

FireRadar is an informational wildfire map. It does not issue evacuation instructions, park closures, road closures, travel advisories, fire bans, campground or trail status, or fire-spread predictions. Follow the applicable provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous, parks, transportation, and emergency authorities for operational decisions.

Regional wildfire context near BC Highway 19 – North Island

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Community wildfire maps near BC Highway 19 – North Island

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Related parks, routes and recreation areas

Regional District of Mount Waddington
Regional district · View official wildfires and smoke across the Regional District of Mount Waddington, including Port Hardy, Port McNeill, North Island forest, remote communities, and coastal inlets.
Strathcona Regional District
Regional district · Track official wildfires and smoke across the Strathcona Regional District around Campbell River, remote islands, west-coast inlets, forest lands, and central Vancouver Island interior.
Strathcona Provincial Park
Park & recreation destination · Track official wildfires and smoke near Strathcona Provincial Park with nearby-fire context for central Vancouver Island, Campbell River, and Comox Valley recreation.
BC Highway 28 – Gold River Corridor
Highway corridor · View official wildfires and smoke near Highway 28 west of Campbell River through Vancouver Island forest and mountain terrain toward Gold River.
Comox Valley Regional District
Regional district · View official wildfires and smoke across the Comox Valley Regional District, including Courtenay-area communities, forested watersheds, rural properties, and central Island recreation areas.
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
Park & recreation destination · View official wildfire and smoke context near Pacific Rim National Park Reserve with nearby incidents, Vancouver Island air-quality context, and west-coast travel links.
BC highway conditions

Road events, cameras & wildfire context

Check DriveBC road events alongside wildfire, smoke and weather information. DriveBC remains authoritative for closures, delays, detours and whether travel is possible.

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Transportation source
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Official BC road information.
Highway section
North Vancouver Island Highway 19 corridor
Events are matched to this section of the highway.
Latest check
Oct 2, 2026, 12:32 p.m.
When FireRadar last checked DriveBC.
Latest road update
Sep 24, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
If no event is listed, the road is not necessarily open or safe.

Active DriveBC events · North Vancouver Island Highway 19 corridor

Events reported for this highway section.

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MINOR·CONSTRUCTION·ALL_LANES_OPEN

CONSTRUCTION

Utility work from Highway 19, at Sayward Timber Road to and Menzies Road. Starting Tue Oct 6 until Tue Oct 6. Watch for traffic control. Shoulder closed. Last update: September 24th, 2026 at 4:05pm PDT.

Island Highway

DriveBC update: Sep 24, 2026, 4:05 p.m.

Source: DriveBC. FireRadar shows events that DriveBC places along this highway section. Records without enough location information are left out. Missing or partial records never imply that the whole route is open or safe.

Official highway cameras

DriveBC camera imagery is transportation context, not proof that a road is safe or unrestricted.

No cameras are currently listed for this highway section. Use DriveBC's camera directory to check the latest images by highway or location.
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Wildfire, weather, smoke and longer-range context

Each source answers a different question. Road events, wildfire perimeters, fire danger, smoke forecasts, measured AQHI, seasonal outlooks and drought conditions remain separate so their limits stay clear.

Fire danger →
Current official Low-to-Extreme regional conditions; not a road-status or ignition forecast.
Wildfire perimeters →
Official mapped boundaries where the responsible wildfire agency publishes them.
Smoke forecast →
ECCC FireWork model guidance kept separate from measured air quality.
AQHI observations →
Observed health-risk context at participating stations; not a smoke-only measurement.
Seasonal outlook →
Longer-range CWFIS seasonal fire-weather context with explicit forecast uncertainty.
Drought context →
Monthly Canadian Drought Monitor context kept distinct from daily fire danger.
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For road-status, camera and corridor-specific travel context, continue into FireRadar Highways. Wildfire context remains separate from official travelability.

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