Lake & recreation area · British Columbia

Shuswap Lake wildfire map & smoke conditions

View official wildfires around Shuswap Lake with wildfire-smoke forecast access, AQHI context, nearby-fire distances, and links to Salmon Arm, Sicamous, and surrounding communities.

Distances are measured from a representative point because a verified boundary is not available. Conditions may vary widely across large parks, lakes, districts and recreation areas.

Current official data · representative reference-point distance

Wildfire activity near the Shuswap Lake reference point

Latest source update: Oct 2, 2026, 11:02 a.m. PDT
Within 25 km of reference point
0
Active official wildfire points from the page reference point.
Within 50 km of reference point
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Active official wildfire points from the page reference point.
Within 100 km of reference point
9
0 recent out records are also within 100 km from the page reference point.
Nearest active fire to reference point
61 km
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Reference point: 50.950, -119.150. 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 Shuswap Lake

Shuswap Lake is a large recreation and residential area with forested shorelines, cabins, campgrounds, rural roads, steep terrain, and communities spread across multiple arms of the lake. Fire and smoke impacts can cross local boundaries quickly and affect boating, camping, highway travel, and seasonal properties.

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 Shuswap Lake

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Community wildfire maps near Shuswap Lake

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Salmon Arm →Sicamous →Chase →Kamloops →Blind Bay →Scotch Creek →Enderby →Armstrong →

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