Lake & recreation area · British Columbia

Mara Lake wildfire map & smoke conditions

Track official wildfires and smoke around Mara Lake between Sicamous and Enderby, including forested shorelines, recreation properties, and Highway 97A access.

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 Mara Lake

Latest source update: Aug 14, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
Within 25 km
0
Active direct-official point records.
Within 50 km
0
Active direct-official point records.
Within 100 km
16
1 recent out records are also within 100 km.
Nearest official active fire
53 km
K41355

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 Mara Lake

Mara Lake sits in the Shuswap transition with forested slopes, cabins, campgrounds, beaches, boating areas, rural properties, and a major highway running close to the shoreline. Fires on surrounding hillsides can affect access, outdoor activity, visibility, nearby communities, and smoke even when no incident is directly on the lake.

Why this place-level view is useful

Cabin owners, campers, and boaters often search the lake name rather than Sicamous or Enderby. A dedicated recreation page provides official fire proximity and smoke context for the destination while emergency and transportation agencies remain responsible for operational decisions.

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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