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  2. 2024 Canadian wildfires - Wikipedia

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    The County of Grande Prairie also ordered an evacuation because of a wildfire near Teepee Creek, [16] [17] and about 100 Canadian Forces soldiers were deployed to the region. [18] Concurrently, smoke from fires in British Columbia caused severe air quality issues in Edmonton .

  3. 2019 Alberta wildfires - Wikipedia

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    The 2019 Alberta wildfires have been described by NASA as part of an extreme fire season in the province. [5] In 2019 there were a total of 803,393.32 hectares (1,985,228 acres), [1] [6] [7] [8] which is over 3.5 times more land area burned than in the five-year average burned. [9]

  4. Chinchaga fire - Wikipedia

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    In 2008 and 2009, researchers with Natural Resources Canada and the University of Victoria conducted airborne surveys of several boreal forest fires, including the Chinchaga. Using polarimetric analysis, they arrived at a final estimate of that was considerably larger than previous estimates, placing the total burned area at 1,700,000 hectares ...

  5. List of fires in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Province of Canada (Upper Canada) Apr 1849: $500,000 [2] Fire in Montreal: Montreal: Province of Canada : Jun 1850: 0: $500,000: 100 [2] Great Fire of 1852: Montreal: Province of Canada : Jul 1852: 0: $5 million: 1,200 [2] Nearly half of city's housing destroyed. Great Fire of Quebec City: Quebec City: Province of Canada : Oct 1866: $3 million ...

  6. 2011 Slave Lake wildfire - Wikipedia

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    A large wildfire burned through Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada and its surrounding area from May 14 to 16, 2011.The conflagration, which originated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) outside of town as a forest fire, was quickly pushed past fire barriers designed to protect the town by 100-kilometre-per-hour (60 mph) winds.

  7. Fort McMurray - Wikipedia

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    Fort McMurray (/ m ə k ˈ m ʌr i / mək-MURR-ee) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. [10] [11] It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest.

  8. Forest cover by province or territory in Canada - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of forest cover in Canada by province and territory. Provinces. British Columbia: ~60% (Ministry of Students) [1] [2] Alberta: 58% (NAIT)

  9. Forests of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Boreal Forest Region - This the largest forest region in Canada. It is located in the north and contains about one third of the world's circumpolar boreal forests . Coast Forest Region - Located on the west coast, this region almost entirely comprises coniferous trees including the Douglas-fir , Sitka spruce , western hemlock , and western red ...