Lake & recreation area · British Columbia

Kinbasket Lake wildfire map & smoke conditions

View official wildfires and smoke around Kinbasket Lake, remote reservoir recreation areas, forestry roads, and mountain valleys north of Golden and Revelstoke.

Nearby-fire distances use a fixed representative anchor because verified boundary geometry is not attached to this page. Large parks, lakes, districts, and recreation areas can have very different conditions from one end to the other.

Current direct-official data · representative-anchor distance

Official wildfires near Kinbasket Lake

Latest source update: Aug 14, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
Within 25 km
0
Active direct-official point records.
Within 50 km
2
Active direct-official point records.
Within 100 km
10
0 recent out records are also within 100 km.
Nearest official active fire
39 km
N41250

Distance is measured to FireRadar's representative place anchor because verified boundary geometry is not attached to this page. It is not a spread, evacuation, access, or safety distance.

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Wildfire context for Kinbasket Lake

Kinbasket Lake is a long reservoir surrounded by steep Rocky and Columbia Mountain terrain, dense forest, hydroelectric infrastructure, forestry and recreation roads, remote camps, and few permanent communities. Fire can affect access routes, resource activity, recreation, and smoke far from Golden or Revelstoke.

Why this place-level view is useful

The reservoir's long, remote geography creates a distinct information need for campers, workers, and travellers. FireRadar supplies official incident context while local, road, utility, and emergency authorities remain responsible for access restrictions and operational safety information.

Smoke forecast and air quality

Wildfire smoke forecast and measured air-quality information answer different questions. FireRadar keeps ECCC forecast smoke and AQHI observations separate so a model forecast is not presented as a local air-quality measurement.

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.

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.

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