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2023 Canadian wildfires. Beginning in March 2023, and with increased intensity starting in June, Canada was affected by a record-setting series of wildfires. All 13 provinces and territories were affected, with large fires in Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.
The 2024 wildfires in Canada began as an extension of the record-setting 2023 wildfires. The country experienced an unusually long fire season in 2023 that had extended into the autumn; these fires smouldered through the winter and about 150 re-ignited as early as February 2024. [2][3] By early May, large wildfires had broken out in Alberta ...
Uncertain (c. 73-200+) Map. The Great Porcupine Fire of 1911 was one of the most devastating forest fires ever to strike the Ontario northland. Spring had come early that year, followed by an abnormally hot dry spell that lasted into the summer. This created ideal conditions for the ensuing disaster, in which a number of smaller fires converged.
The fire grew to 67 km 2 (17,000 acres) by July 26, 2018. [3] By July 28, 2018, the fire was within 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) of Highway 69. [4] By August 5, the fire had grown to 112.3 km 2 (27,700 acres), [5] but the fire was successfully contained within a few days after this. [6] On October 31, 2018, the wildfire was declared extinguished by ...
North Bay 69. / 47.03056°N 79.83611°W / 47.03056; -79.83611. North Bay 69 was a forest fire burning in Strathcona Township of Temagami, Ontario, Canada. The fire, which was started by a lightning strike, was reported on July 8, 2018 and threatened the nearby town of Temagami, as well as forced evacuation of some residents along ...
Ontario. Jul 1916. 223 [ 5 ] to 244 [ 6 ] 49 townships [ 6 ] 200,000 hectares (490,000 acres) The worst fire on record in Ontario's history. Destroyed 49 townships, including the villages of Kelso, Val Gagné, and Iroquois Falls. [ 6 ] Great Fire of 1919.
Total area. 490,000 acres (2,000 km 2) Impacts. Deaths. ~223. Map. The great Matheson Fire was a deadly forest fire that passed through the region surrounding the communities of Black River-Matheson [1] and Iroquois Falls, Ontario, Canada, on July 29, 1916. As was common practice at the time, settlers cleared land using the slash-and-burn method.
Great Fire of 1922. Coordinates: 47°27′N 79°39′W. Devastation in Haileybury after the Great Fire of 1922. The Great Fire of 1922 was a wildfire burning through the Lesser Clay Belt in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, from October 4 to 5, 1922. It has been called one of the ten worst natural disasters in Canadian history.