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2018 British Columbia Wildfires
By the end of June, 2018, there had been more than 560 wildfires in British Columbia. The Comstock Lake fire, discovered on June 21, was caused by lightning. By July 6, it had grown to and was not fully contained. At one point over 200 personnel were fighting the fire complex. The Tugwell Creek fire near Sooke grew to , and was 10% contained by July 4. The fire threatened millions of honeybees at Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery. It was fully contained on July 9. The Shovel Fire, started on July 27, burned at least , and was still active as of August 20. Thick smoke harmed efforts to contain the fire. A human-caused fire at Nanaimo Lakes, discovered on July 1, reached 14.5 hectares by July 4. A total of 2,115 wildfires burned of land in 2018 as of November 9. As of August 28, initial estimates put 2018 as the largest burn-area in a British Columbia wildfire season, surpassing the historic 2017 wildfire season (1,216,053 total hectares). The total land burned in 2018 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains, and borders the province of Alberta to the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. With an estimated population of 5.3million as of 2022, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria and its largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver is the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada; the 2021 census recorded 2.6million people in Metro Vancouver. The first known human inhabitants of the area settled in British Columbia at least 10,000 years ago. Such groups include the Coast Salish, Tsilhqotʼin, and Haida peoples, among many others. One of the earliest British settlements in the area was Fort Victoria, established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
