Peace River, Electoral Area B

Its land, ranked in BC

Shares of the land area, worked out from the Province's maps. Fire perimeters before the 1950s are less complete. A title or a past fire somewhere in the area says nothing about a given lot: a property report checks the parcel itself.

Large fires (1,000 ha or more) since 1990

Since 1990, 64 wildfires of 1,000 ha or more burned in Area B, together 1,246,649 ha, 14% of its land (ground that burned twice counts once). The most here was the Donnie Creek wildfire in 2023, 619,073 ha.

1. 2025Pocket Knife Creek wildfire149,505 ha in all149,505 ha here
2. 2025Heck Creek wildfire8,554 ha in all8,554 ha here
3. 2025Alces River wildfire4,207 ha in all4,207 ha here
4. 2025Unnamed fire G804763,104 ha in all · 84% of it here2,600 ha here
5. 2024Donnie Creek wildfire2,789 ha in all2,789 ha here
6. 2024Unnamed fire G808542,133 ha in all2,133 ha here
7. 2024Sikanni Park wildfire25,380 ha in all · 8% of it here1,992 ha here
8. 2024Unnamed fire G805491,835 ha in all1,835 ha here
9. 2023Donnie Creek wildfire619,073 ha in all619,073 ha here
10. 2023Stoddart Creek wildfire29,584 ha in all29,584 ha here

And 54 more

1. 2023Big Creek wildfire176,539 ha in all · 13% of it here23,704 ha here
2. 2023Unnamed fire G6032521,385 ha in all21,385 ha here
3. 2023Unnamed fire G8087519,137 ha in all19,136 ha here
4. 2023Unnamed fire G9027342,839 ha in all · 39% of it here16,543 ha here
5. 2023Milligan Hills wildfire6,109 ha in all6,109 ha here
6. 2023Boundary Lake wildfire4,830 ha in BC4,830 ha here
7. 2023Unnamed fire G608584,652 ha in all4,652 ha here
8. 2023Muskovite Lakes wildfire3,215 ha in all3,215 ha here
9. 2023Red Creek wildfire2,948 ha in all2,947 ha here
10. 2023Unnamed fire G9029221,056 ha in all · 12% of it here2,427 ha here
11. 2022Unnamed fire G824272,484 ha in all2,484 ha here
12. 2022Unnamed fire G607821,662 ha in all1,662 ha here
13. 2022Milliken Creek wildfire1,077 ha in all1,077 ha here
14. 2021Blackpine wildfire16,836 ha in all · 84% of it here14,170 ha here
15. 2021Unnamed fire G6119911,665 ha in all11,665 ha here
16. 2021Forres Mountain wildfire7,771 ha in all7,770 ha here
17. 2021Unnamed fire G809976,417 ha in all6,417 ha here
18. 2021Unnamed fire G910203,470 ha in all3,470 ha here
19. 2021Beatton River wildfire3,359 ha in all3,359 ha here
20. 2018Unnamed fire G8221523,150 ha in all23,150 ha here
21. 2018Unnamed fire G8034021,795 ha in all21,795 ha here
22. 2018Unnamed fire G615866,987 ha in all6,987 ha here
23. 2018Kahta Creek wildfire1,577 ha in all1,577 ha here
24. 2016Siphon Creek wildfire61,965 ha in BC61,965 ha here
25. 2016Beatton Airport Road wildfire15,739 ha in all15,739 ha here
26. 2016Halfway River wildfire5,636 ha in all5,636 ha here
27. 2015Unnamed fire G8025213,606 ha in BC13,606 ha here
28. 2015Unnamed fire G603725,342 ha in all5,342 ha here
29. 2015Unnamed fire G801631,075 ha in all1,075 ha here
30. 2014Tenakihi - Mesilinka Complex wildfire61,285 ha in all · 85% of it here52,095 ha here
31. 2014Forres Mountain wildfire29,672 ha in all29,672 ha here
32. 2014Unnamed fire G803548,569 ha in all8,569 ha here
33. 2014Unnamed fire G603767,979 ha in all7,979 ha here
34. 2014Tommy Lakes wildfire4,069 ha in all4,069 ha here
35. 2014Unnamed fire G602832,289 ha in all2,289 ha here
36. 2014Unnamed fire G602971,668 ha in all1,668 ha here
37. 2012Lennard Creek wildfire6,550 ha in BC6,550 ha here
38. 2012Muskwa River near Little Sisters Mountain wildfire2,443 ha in all2,443 ha here
39. 2009Unnamed fire G602742,759 ha in all2,759 ha here
40. 2006Unnamed fire G803535,068 ha in all5,068 ha here
41. 2006Unnamed fire G803813,906 ha in all3,906 ha here
42. 2006La Prise wildfire3,258 ha in all3,258 ha here
43. 2006Unnamed fire G803492,721 ha in all2,721 ha here
44. 2006Moosevale Creek wildfire1,211 ha in all · 54% of it here652 ha here
45. 2003Unnamed fire G900831,151 ha in all · 53% of it here609 ha here
46. 2002Unnamed fire G602011,627 ha in all1,627 ha here
47. 1998Unnamed fire G601794,074 ha in all4,074 ha here
48. 1995Unnamed fire G6010712,472 ha in all12,456 ha here
49. 1993Unnamed fire G600031,637 ha in all1,637 ha here
50. 1991Unnamed fire G800355,170 ha in all5,170 ha here
51. 1991Unnamed fire G600392,095 ha in all2,095 ha here
52. 1991Unnamed fire G800131,815 ha in all1,815 ha here
53. 1991Unnamed fire G700021,059 ha in all1,059 ha here
54. 1990Unnamed fire G8002223,767 ha in all23,767 ha here

Smaller mapped fires since 2016

Since 2016, the BC Wildfire Service mapped 192 smaller fires (under 1,000 ha) that reached Area B, newest first. This season's are as mapped by November 9, 2026.

1. 2026Unnamed fire G9229942 ha in all42 ha here
2. 2026Unnamed fire G6106223 ha in all23 ha here
3. 2026Unnamed fire G8034714 ha in all14 ha here
4. 2026Unnamed fire G807472.3 ha in all2.3 ha here
5. 2026Unnamed fire G806621.4 ha in all1.4 ha here
6. 2026Unnamed fire G804571.2 ha in all1.2 ha here
7. 2025Unnamed fire G8014132 ha in all32 ha here
8. 2025Unnamed fire G6043515 ha in all15 ha here

And 184 more

1. 2025Unnamed fire G8008513 ha in all13 ha here
2. 2025Unnamed fire G802038.9 ha in all8.9 ha here
3. 2025Unnamed fire G805505.2 ha in all5.2 ha here
4. 2025Unnamed fire G804154.8 ha in all4.8 ha here
5. 2025Unnamed fire G800663 ha in all3 ha here
6. 2025Unnamed fire G802872.7 ha in all2.7 ha here
7. 2025Unnamed fire G820441.8 ha in all1.8 ha here
8. 2025Unnamed fire G803551.5 ha in all1.5 ha here
9. 2025Unnamed fire G804411.4 ha in all1.4 ha here
10. 2025Unnamed fire G803951 ha in all1 ha here
11. 2025Unnamed fire G804100.8 ha in all0.8 ha here
12. 2025Unnamed fire G801200.6 ha in all0.6 ha here
13. 2025Unnamed fire G821940.2 ha in all0.2 ha here
14. 2024Unnamed fire G80305652 ha in all · 61% of it here398 ha here
15. 2024Unnamed fire G81369160 ha in all160 ha here
16. 2024Unnamed fire G8018791 ha in all91 ha here
17. 2024Unnamed fire G8018882 ha in all82 ha here
18. 2024Unnamed fire G8041972 ha in all72 ha here
19. 2024Unnamed fire G8128133 ha in all33 ha here
20. 2024Unnamed fire G8208027 ha in all27 ha here
21. 2024Unnamed fire G8064826 ha in all26 ha here
22. 2024Unnamed fire G8018917 ha in all17 ha here
23. 2024Unnamed fire G6138115 ha in all15 ha here
24. 2024Unnamed fire G8015512 ha in all12 ha here
25. 2024Unnamed fire G8027312 ha in all12 ha here
26. 2024Unnamed fire G825658.1 ha in all8.1 ha here
27. 2024Unnamed fire G613397.1 ha in all7.1 ha here
28. 2024Unnamed fire G800367 ha in all7 ha here
29. 2024Unnamed fire G804686.2 ha in all6.2 ha here
30. 2024Unnamed fire G613856.1 ha in all6.1 ha here
31. 2024Unnamed fire G803153.4 ha in all3.4 ha here
32. 2024Unnamed fire G804672.6 ha in all2.6 ha here
33. 2024Unnamed fire G807332.1 ha in all2.1 ha here
34. 2024Unnamed fire G804281.8 ha in all1.8 ha here
35. 2024Unnamed fire G800161.6 ha in all1.6 ha here
36. 2024Unnamed fire G801621.1 ha in all1.1 ha here
37. 2024Unnamed fire G800710.6 ha in all0.6 ha here
38. 2024Unnamed fire G80426under 0.1 ha in allunder 0.1 ha here
39. 2023Cameron River wildfire385 ha in all385 ha here
40. 2023Unnamed fire G60887298 ha in all298 ha here
41. 2023Unnamed fire G90810229 ha in all229 ha here
42. 2023Unnamed fire G90565193 ha in all193 ha here
43. 2023Unnamed fire G80122155 ha in all · 31% of it here48 ha here
44. 2023Unnamed fire G60649124 ha in all · 43% of it here53 ha here
45. 2023Unnamed fire G80839116 ha in all116 ha here
46. 2023Unnamed fire G8011790 ha in all90 ha here
47. 2023Coffee Creek wildfire89 ha in all89 ha here
48. 2023Unnamed fire G8086755 ha in all55 ha here
49. 2023Unnamed fire G6077046 ha in all46 ha here
50. 2023Pwf-093 wildfire34 ha in all34 ha here
51. 2023Unnamed fire G6227123 ha in all23 ha here
52. 2023Unnamed fire G6065420 ha in all20 ha here
53. 2023Upper Cache wildfire20 ha in all20 ha here
54. 2023Unnamed fire G8271115 ha in all15 ha here
55. 2023Unnamed fire G8005313 ha in all13 ha here
56. 2023Unnamed fire G6118612 ha in all12 ha here
57. 2023Dan Frittenburg wildfire12 ha in all12 ha here
58. 2023Unnamed fire G6331411 ha in all11 ha here
59. 2023Unnamed fire G8149211 ha in all11 ha here
60. 2023Unnamed fire G933459.7 ha in all9.7 ha here
61. 2023Unnamed fire G802277.1 ha in all7.1 ha here
62. 2023Unnamed fire G617185.6 ha in all5.6 ha here
63. 2023Unnamed fire G808645.4 ha in all5.4 ha here
64. 2023Unnamed fire G806414.4 ha in all4.4 ha here
65. 2023Unnamed fire G805613.6 ha in all3.6 ha here
66. 2023Unnamed fire G611382.8 ha in all2.8 ha here
67. 2023Unnamed fire G809132.8 ha in all2.8 ha here
68. 2023Unnamed fire G810042.2 ha in all2.2 ha here
69. 2023Farrell Creek wildfire2.2 ha in all2.2 ha here
70. 2023Unnamed fire G801231.7 ha in all1.7 ha here
71. 2023Unnamed fire G800761.6 ha in all1.6 ha here
72. 2023Unnamed fire G801201.5 ha in all1.5 ha here
73. 2023Unnamed fire G617141.3 ha in all1.3 ha here
74. 2023Unnamed fire G801211.3 ha in all1.3 ha here
75. 2023Unnamed fire G817421.3 ha in all1.3 ha here
76. 2023Unnamed fire G616291 ha in all1 ha here
77. 2022Sikanni Chief River wildfire552 ha in all552 ha here
78. 2022Unnamed fire G82535155 ha in all155 ha here
79. 2022Unnamed fire G70213103 ha in all · 95% of it here97 ha here
80. 2022Unnamed fire G8218484 ha in all84 ha here
81. 2022Isola Mountain wildfire28 ha in all28 ha here
82. 2022Unnamed fire G8276922 ha in all22 ha here
83. 2022Unnamed fire G8021011 ha in all11 ha here
84. 2022Unnamed fire G926878.7 ha in all8.7 ha here
85. 2022Unnamed fire G827618.4 ha in all8.4 ha here
86. 2022Unnamed fire G827467.1 ha in all7.1 ha here
87. 2022Unnamed fire G607706 ha in all6 ha here
88. 2022Finley River wildfire5.4 ha in all5.4 ha here
89. 2022Unnamed fire G801823.9 ha in all3.9 ha here
90. 2022Unnamed fire G627313.5 ha in all3.5 ha here
91. 2022Unnamed fire G624563.1 ha in all3.1 ha here
92. 2022Unnamed fire G827052.9 ha in all2.9 ha here
93. 2022Unnamed fire G804392.1 ha in all2.1 ha here
94. 2022Unnamed fire G926882.1 ha in all2.1 ha here
95. 2022Unnamed fire G818311.9 ha in all1.9 ha here
96. 2022Unnamed fire G603751.7 ha in all1.7 ha here
97. 2022Thutade Lake wildfire1.6 ha in all1.6 ha here
98. 2022Unnamed fire G814301.6 ha in all1.6 ha here
99. 2021Peace Arm South Side wildfire791 ha in all791 ha here
100. 2021Aiken Lake wildfire435 ha in all435 ha here
101. 2021Unnamed fire G61880387 ha in all387 ha here
102. 2021Unnamed fire G9108395 ha in all95 ha here
103. 2021Nabiche N Side wildfire42 ha in all42 ha here
104. 2021Unnamed fire G8047117 ha in all17 ha here
105. 2021Unnamed fire G8049410 ha in all10 ha here
106. 2021Unnamed fire G801706 ha in all6 ha here
107. 2021Unnamed fire G806624.2 ha in all4.2 ha here
108. 2021Unnamed fire G804382.2 ha in all2.2 ha here
109. 2021Unnamed fire G802511.1 ha in all1.1 ha here
110. 2020Unnamed fire G80116115 ha in all115 ha here
111. 2020Unnamed fire G8111644 ha in all44 ha here
112. 2020Unnamed fire G8016825 ha in all25 ha here
113. 2019Unnamed fire G80260299 ha in all299 ha here
114. 2019Unnamed fire G6043130 ha in all30 ha here
115. 2019Unnamed fire G6037013 ha in all13 ha here
116. 2019Unnamed fire G8093310 ha in all10 ha here
117. 2019Unnamed fire G802279 ha in all9 ha here
118. 2019Unnamed fire G803187.6 ha in all7.6 ha here
119. 2019Unnamed fire G602424.1 ha in all4.1 ha here
120. 2019Unnamed fire G800332.9 ha in all2.9 ha here
121. 2019Unnamed fire G803452.9 ha in all2.9 ha here
122. 2019Unnamed fire G802382.8 ha in all2.8 ha here
123. 2019Unnamed fire G800701.6 ha in all1.6 ha here
124. 2019Unnamed fire G801291.5 ha in all1.5 ha here
125. 2019Unnamed fire G801321.3 ha in all1.3 ha here
126. 2018Unnamed fire G80294586 ha in all586 ha here
127. 2018Unnamed fire G90138418 ha in all418 ha here
128. 2018Unnamed fire G80950340 ha in all340 ha here
129. 2018Unnamed fire G80883319 ha in all319 ha here
130. 2018Unnamed fire G61601247 ha in all247 ha here
131. 2018Unnamed fire G80085164 ha in all · 18% of it here29 ha here
132. 2018Unnamed fire G62615121 ha in all121 ha here
133. 2018Unnamed fire G8071956 ha in all56 ha here
134. 2018Unnamed fire G8072336 ha in all36 ha here
135. 2018Unnamed fire G8072925 ha in all25 ha here
136. 2018Unnamed fire G8067724 ha in all24 ha here
137. 2018Unnamed fire G8079921 ha in all21 ha here
138. 2018Unnamed fire G6310320 ha in all20 ha here
139. 2018Unnamed fire G6027316 ha in all16 ha here
140. 2018Unnamed fire G8030910 ha in all10 ha here
141. 2018Unnamed fire G627099.6 ha in all9.6 ha here
142. 2018Unnamed fire G601408.8 ha in all8.8 ha here
143. 2018Unnamed fire G602155.5 ha in all5.5 ha here
144. 2018Unnamed fire G801075.5 ha in all5.5 ha here
145. 2018Unnamed fire G807875.3 ha in all5.3 ha here
146. 2018Unnamed fire G807884.8 ha in all4.8 ha here
147. 2018Unnamed fire G801613.9 ha in all3.9 ha here
148. 2018Unnamed fire G626763.4 ha in all3.4 ha here
149. 2018Unnamed fire G624003.2 ha in all3.2 ha here
150. 2018Unnamed fire G802963.2 ha in all3.2 ha here
151. 2018Unnamed fire G801422.8 ha in all2.8 ha here
152. 2018Unnamed fire G801562.7 ha in all2.7 ha here
153. 2018Unnamed fire G603912.2 ha in all2.2 ha here
154. 2018Unnamed fire G801961.9 ha in all1.9 ha here
155. 2018Unnamed fire G800871.4 ha in all1.4 ha here
156. 2018Unnamed fire G811101.1 ha in all1.1 ha here
157. 2017Unnamed fire G92068174 ha in all174 ha here
158. 2017Unnamed fire G6198837 ha in all37 ha here
159. 2017Unnamed fire G6174615 ha in all15 ha here
160. 2017Unnamed fire G616499.4 ha in all9.4 ha here
161. 2017Unnamed fire G800926.2 ha in all · 17% of it here1.1 ha here
162. 2017Unnamed fire G800643 ha in all3 ha here
163. 2017Unnamed fire G619462 ha in all2 ha here
164. 2017Unnamed fire G801762 ha in all2 ha here
165. 2016Attachie wildfire391 ha in all391 ha here
166. 2016Doig River wildfire294 ha in all · 84% of it here247 ha here
167. 2016Unnamed fire G80078238 ha in all238 ha here
168. 2016Unnamed fire G80108236 ha in all236 ha here
169. 2016Unnamed fire G80081183 ha in all183 ha here
170. 2016Unnamed fire G80042116 ha in all116 ha here
171. 2016Unnamed fire G80094101 ha in all101 ha here
172. 2016Unnamed fire G8006696 ha in all96 ha here
173. 2016Unnamed fire G8008279 ha in all79 ha here
174. 2016Unnamed fire G8006052 ha in all52 ha here
175. 2016Clearview wildfire48 ha in all48 ha here
176. 2016Unnamed fire G8005934 ha in all34 ha here
177. 2016Voight Creek wildfire23 ha in all23 ha here
178. 2016Unnamed fire G801775 ha in all5 ha here
179. 2016Unnamed fire G801694.2 ha in all4.2 ha here
180. 2016Unnamed fire G800844 ha in all4 ha here
181. 2016Unnamed fire G801221.5 ha in all1.5 ha here
182. 2016Unnamed fire G801110.8 ha in all0.8 ha here
183. 2016Unnamed fire G801450.7 ha in all0.7 ha here
184. 2016Unnamed fire G800540.6 ha in all0.6 ha here

Small fires that were never mapped as a perimeter aren't listed: the BC Wildfire Service maps an outline for only some of the fires it records. Past fire is history, not a forecast. The chance of fire on a lot today depends on what the record doesn't show: the forest and grass around it, the slope, what has been thinned or burned since, and how far it is from a fire hall. Every BC season and large fire since 1990.

Sources: BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Current, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Incident Locations – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Locations – Current, BC Wildfire Service (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on November 10, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Outlines simplified and places measured by PlaceDossier.

How the land burned

On the Province's ecosystem map, Area B's land is 51% NDT3 (burned in large fires about every 100 to 150 years), 32% NDT2 (burned in large fires about every 200 years), 15% NDT5 (alpine tundra and subalpine parkland) and 2% NDT1 (rarely burned, about every 250 to 350 years and in patches). Its main biogeoclimatic zones are Boreal White and Black Spruce (48%), Spruce–Willow–Birch (19%), Engelmann Spruce–Subalpine Fir (17%) and Boreal Altai Fescue Alpine (12%). This is how the land burned before fires were put out, not its fire risk today. A report names the type over a lot. Every place's natural fire regime.

Source: BEC Map (biogeoclimatic zones and natural disturbance types), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), read 2026-10-12; areas worked out on the census boundaries.

Evacuations since April 2017

Since April 2017, the Province's record holds 4 wildfire events with an evacuation order or alert over Area B, 2 with an order. The latest order: Stoddart Creek Wildfire, May 2023.

1. 2023Donnie Creek FireJune 2023 · evacuation alert · Peace River Regional District698 homes
2. 2023Stoddart Creek WildfireMay 2023 · evacuation order and alert · Peace River Regional District4,002 homes
3. 2023Red Creek FireMay 2023 · evacuation order · Peace River Regional District339 homes
4. 2023Boundary Lake FireMay 2023 · evacuation alert · Peace River Regional District147 homes

Listed when an order or alert area covered at least 5% of the land in Area B, or lay mostly in Area B and held at least 5% as many homes as the 2021 census counted there. An order means people were told to leave; an alert, to be ready to leave. Homes are the record's own counts, area by area, shown where the areas lie mostly in Area B. The Province's record starts in April 2017: earlier evacuations aren't in it. A lot's report checks every order and alert over the lot itself, and any in effect now.

Sources: Historical Orders and Alerts, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on November 2, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries and dwelling counts, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Each order and alert area placed in the municipalities and electoral areas it covers by us.

Evacuations for floods, landslides and other hazards since April 2017

None of the flood, landslide or other non-fire evacuation orders or alerts in the Province's record since April 2017 covered 5% or more of the land or homes in Area B.

Sources: Historical Orders and Alerts, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on November 2, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries and dwelling counts, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Each order and alert area placed in the municipalities and electoral areas it covers by us.

796 landslides are recorded inside Area B in the Preliminary Canadian Landslide Database (version 14.0), including 373 earth slides, 114 rock rotational slides and 56 rock slides. The latest with a date of its own: an earth slide, 2021 (listed under “2021 Halfway R dam”). The database lists slides known to have happened, mapped from inventories, satellite images and lidar. It isn't a hazard map, and some parts of BC are mapped in far more detail than others. Landslides near a given lot.

The Province lists 76 dams in Area B, 2 of them classed High or above for the harm a failure would do downstream: a-70-C/94-G-1 Reservoir (High) and d-32-C/94-G-07 Reservoir (High). The class rates what a failure would do, not how likely one is; a report names the dams within 1 km of a lot. Dams in BC, by place.

15 Water Survey of Canada gauges in Area B have 5 or more years of yearly peak flows: Blueberry River below Aitken Creek peaked highest at 561 m³/s in 2017 (57 years on record), Beatton River near Fort St. John peaked highest at 1,810 m³/s in 2017 (47 years on record) and Ingenika River above Swannell River peaked highest at 940 m³/s in 2007 (47 years on record), among others. 4 set their record in the last 10 years. A gauge's record is the river where it stands, not a flood line; a report gives the nearest gauge on a river by the lot. River gauges in BC, by place.

Poor-air days: at the Fort St John Key Learning Centre air monitoring station, 23 km from Charlie Lake, fine particles passed the level of BC's 24-hour objective (25 µg/m³) on a median of 9 days a year over the 9 years with a full record, 2015 to 2025; the most was 60 days in 2023. These days fell both in the wildfire season and in winter (our reading: wildfire smoke in summer, wood smoke held in by still air in winter). How smoky it gets across BC.

Radon

Area B lies in 2 health regions. In Northeast (about 73% of the area), 20 of the 200 homes tested (10%) were at or above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline; In Northern Interior (about 26% of the area), 25 of the 208 homes tested (12%) were at or above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline, in Health Canada's 2009–2011 survey; across BC, 143 of 1,817 (7.9%).

The survey tested about a hundred volunteer homes per health region, with one long-term test each. That gives a rough regional picture: it isn't a map, and a region where few or none tested high can still have homes above the guideline. The only way to know is to test the home: radon and buying a home in BC.

Source: Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011), Health Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Health Service Delivery Area Boundaries, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

Check one lot: has it burned? · is it on a floodplain map? · is it behind a dike? · is there a dam nearby? · landslides nearby? · contaminated sites nearby? · radon? · how much is too steep?

Source: Agricultural Land Reserve polygons, Agricultural Land Commission (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Fire perimeters – historical, BC Wildfire Service (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Mineral, placer and coal tenures, Mineral Titles Branch (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Preliminary Canadian Landslide Database, version 14.0 (May 2026), Brideau et al. (CC BY 4.0); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

Area B is outside the Province's speculation and vacancy tax area, so the tax doesn't apply to a home here. Our summary of the Province's pages, read 2026-10-04. Where the tax applies, and who pays.

The typical home here is the median value owners gave the 2021 census, and the typical household's income is the median for 2020: a home that costs 4.0 years of income took that many years of a typical household's whole income. "Typical" for places its size is the middle of BC's rural electoral areas.

Source: Census of Population 2021, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

The Province's monitoring records hold groundwater samples from 4 wells in Area B, 2008. The median passed Health Canada's limit for manganese (1 well). A report names the nearest sampled wells within 10 km of a lot. A neighbouring well isn't your water: test your own. What BC's well water tests for, by place.

Mapped aquifers

20 mapped aquifers lie in Area B, most wells first.

1. 1Aquifer 1271: Charlie Halfway Beatton Bedrockfractured sedimentary rock471 wells · moderate productivity
2. 2Aquifer 451: Central Halfway-Beatton Bedrock Aquiferfractured sedimentary rock195 wells · moderate productivity
3. 3Aquifer 444: Fort St. John Overburden Aquifer Systemunconfined sand and gravel (late glacial outwash)103 wells · moderate productivity
4. 4Aquifer 932: Northwest Halfway-Beatton Bedrockfractured sedimentary rock73 wells · moderate productivity
5. 5Aquifer 1270: Montney Halfway Beatton Bedrockfractured sedimentary rock70 wells · moderate productivity
6. 6Aquifer 639: Northwest of Rose Prairie; north of Blueberry Riverfractured sedimentary rock66 wells · moderate productivity
7. 7Aquifer 933: Cecil Lake, North Peace Riverfractured sedimentary rock49 wells · low productivity
8. 8Aquifer 1269: Northern Halfway Beatton Bedrockfractured sedimentary rock42 wells · moderate productivity
9. 9Aquifer 931: East of Blueberry River, north of Fort St. Johnfractured sedimentary rock23 wells · low productivity
10. 10Aquifer 934: Upper Halfway Bedrock Aquiferfractured sedimentary rock18 wells · moderate productivity

And 10 more

11. 11Aquifer 928: Farrel Creek Bedrock Aquiferfractured sedimentary rock13 wells · moderate productivity
12. 12Aquifer 448: Clayhurstfractured sedimentary rock12 wells · moderate productivity
13. 13Aquifer 1274: Blueberry-Aitken Bedrockfractured sedimentary rock11 wells · moderate productivity
14. 14Aquifer 1272: Blueberry Valley Aquifer Systemunconfined sand and gravel (deltaic)9 wells · moderate productivity
15. 15Aquifer 637: Between Prespatou and Umbach Creeksconfined sand and gravel (glacial)7 wells · moderate productivity
16. 16Aquifer 908: Halfway Valley Aquifer Systemunconfined sand and gravel (deltaic)7 wells · moderate productivity
17. 17Aquifer 638: Between Snyder and Buic Creeksconfined sand and gravel (glacial)7 wells · moderate productivity
18. 18Aquifer 690: Clayhurst areaconfined sand and gravel (glacial)6 wells · moderate productivity
19. 19Aquifer 636: Goodlow; east of Fort St. Johnconfined sand and gravel (glacial)6 wells · moderate productivity
20. 20Aquifer 1273: Peace-Valley Aquifer Systemunconfined sand and gravel (deltaic)4 wells · moderate productivity

An aquifer is listed for each place that holds at least a twentieth of it, so a sliver of one at the edge can be left out. Wells and productivity are for the whole aquifer, which can reach well beyond Area B. The province maps aquifers mostly in settled valleys, so a lot outside every outline can still have groundwater. Every mapped aquifer in BC · sampled lakes.

Sampled lakes

11 sampled lakes lie in Area B (2 only partly), largest first.

1. 1Williston Lake1,727 km² · 66% of it heretoo few readings to judge
2. 2Charlie Lake18 km² · 47% of it hereclarity 1.9 m (2016–2026)
3. 3Aiken Lake2 km²too few readings to judge
4. 4Kluachesi Lake2 km²too few readings to judge
5. 5Obo Lake2 km²too few readings to judge
6. 6Toodoggone Lake2 km²too few readings to judge
7. 7Marion Lake (Upper Sikanni Chief River watershed)1 km²too few readings to judge
8. 8Fox Lake1 km²too few readings to judge
9. 9Robb Lake60.9 hatoo few readings to judge
10. 10Unnamed lake in the Upper Peace River watershed46.4 hatoo few readings to judge

And 1 more

11. 11Lifeline Lake10.3 hatoo few readings to judge

A lake is listed for each place that holds at least a twentieth of it or 100 ha of it. Clarity is the median summer Secchi depth; the nutrient class is our reading of Carlson's index from phosphorus or chlorophyll, not a provincial rating. Either is given only for a lake with at least 10 summer readings from open water, spread over at least 3 different years, since 2012. Most lakes have never been sampled, so a lake missing here may simply have no record. Every sampled lake in BC.

Source: Groundwater wells (GWELLS), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Ground Water Aquifers, Water Protection and Sustainability Branch, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); BC Environmental Monitoring Data System (EnMoDS) results, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

Normals for 1991-2020 at the Fort St John Airport station, about 29 km from the middle of the area's addresses at Charlie Lake (of the communities here with a station within 30 km, the one with the most addresses). * Based on at least 25, 20 or 15 of the 30 years, short of the World Meteorological Organization's standard: treat as a rougher guide. The records are single days measured at the station: the most rain, snow and wind it saw in 1991-2020. Each is one event, not what to expect in a year, and the lot can get more or less than the station. Elevation matters a lot in BC: a hillside lot can be much colder and snowier than the station. We don't set this station's figures against other places: it's more than 15 km from the place.

Plant hardiness zone: most homes here are in zone 3a (77%); 21% are in 2b, on Natural Resources Canada's 2025 map. Higher numbers are milder winters. What the zones mean.

Solar panels: a south-facing panel tilted at the latitude would make about 970 kWh a year for each kW of panels at the middle of the area's addresses at Charlie Lake, about 31 of it in December (estimated from Natural Resources Canada's 1998-2022 sunshine map). An open sky is assumed: the hills, trees and buildings around a lot cut it, and a report sets the lot's own skyline beside it. What solar panels would make in BC.

By the 2050s (2041-2070) at Charlie Lake, climate models project about 3 more days over 30 °C a year, a longest frost-free run about 25 days longer and about 2 percentage points less of winter's precipitation falling as snow, each against the same models' 1971-2000 (model projections under SSP2-4.5, a middle path for emissions). The models work on a grid of about 9 by 6 km, which averages valley floors with the slopes around them, so their own figures can sit well off a station's normals and aren't comparable with them. Their own figures there: about 3 days over 30 °C a year in 2041-2070 (range 2 to 9 across the models), against under 1 day in 1971-2000; a longest frost-free run of about 140 days (range 135 to 155), against about 115; and about 96% of winter's precipitation falling as snow (range 94% to 98%), against about 98%. The ranges run from the 10th to the 90th percentile of the models' 2041-2070 figures. The 2050s across BC.

Light at night within 1 km of the middle of the area's addresses at Charlie Lake: none recorded from space, and darker than about 94% of BC's homes (2024 satellite record). A lot away from the centre can be much darker. How dark are BC's nights?

Lightning: around the middle of the area's addresses at Charlie Lake, a cloud-to-ground flash within 10 km on about 9 days a year and 0.38 flashes per km² a year, more than at 3 in 4 BC homes (the Canadian Lightning Detection Network, 1998-2025 average, on a grid of about 11 by 7 km).

Source: Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020 and 1981-2010, Environment and Climate Change Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Plant hardiness zones of Canada (2025 map), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Medium Resolution Digital Elevation Model (MRDEM-30), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Solar position: General Solar Position Calculations (NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory; Spencer, 1971) (Public domain); Daily average solar irradiance on tilted surfaces for all of Canada (1998-2022), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Photovoltaic Potential and Solar Resource Maps of Canada (performance ratio), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Statistically downscaled climate indices from CMIP6 global climate models (CanDCS-M6), Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, via the Canadian Centre for Climate Services (Open Government Licence – Canada); Air Quality and Climate Monitoring: Verified Hourly Air Quality and Meteorological Data (fine particulate matter, PM2.5), BC Ministry of Environment and Parks (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); VIIRS Nighttime Lights, 2024 annual composite, Earth Observation Group, Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines (Elvidge et al. 2021, Remote Sensing 13(5):922), via Hengl, OpenGeoHub, Zenodo doi 10.5281/zenodo.7750174 (CC BY 4.0); Canadian Lightning Detection Network cloud-to-ground flashes (CanCPLDv1), Environment and Climate Change Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada).

The BC Energy Regulator maps about 4,893 km of active oil and gas pipeline in Area B, permitted to 30 companies, among them Tourmaline Oil Corp., NorthRiver Midstream Operations GP Inc. and PETRONAS Energy Canada Ltd. About 1,579 km more is on recent permits it lists as new; about 797 km is abandoned or deactivated, often still in the ground. A report lists any pipeline within 200 m of a lot, and flags one within 30 m, where digging needs the permit holder's agreement. Pipelines in BC, by place.

The Province lists 229 active waste discharge authorizations in Area B; the commonest kinds: oil and gas well site or facility (83), oil and gas processing plant (49) and hazardous waste storage or treatment (33). Of these, 156 may discharge to air, 96 effluent to water or land and 12 refuse to land. A report lists any within 2 km of a lot, and flags one whose point is on it. Permitted discharges in BC, by place.

The Province maps 9 open gravel pits and quarries in Area B, among them Cypress Creek Property, Harding Quarry and Julienne; and 16 other open mine permits: 1 placer mine, 10 mineral exploration permit areas and 5 mineral exploration or mine permit areas. A report lists the permits within 2 km of a lot, names an open pit or quarry within 500 m and flags one whose permit area takes in the lot. Gravel pits and mine permits in BC, by place.

On ParcelMap BC, the land in Area B is 5% private, 2% Crown land with a parcel drawn (2% with no title); no parcel is mapped over 93%, likely most of it untitled Crown land, with lakes and road allowances. A report says who owns the land along a lot's line. Crown land next to a property, and every place's land by owner.

The Ministry of Forests maps 110 active Crown range tenures (110 grazing) reaching into Area B, over 55% of its area, licensed for about 51,907 animal unit months of grazing a year in all. Outside a pound district, keeping livestock off a lot is the owner's fence to build. A report lists any tenure within 1 km of a lot. Open range and grazing in BC, by place.

The Province maps 120 registered traplines over nearly all of the area and 28 guide outfitter territories over 74% in Area B. The maps are drawn over titled land too, but traplines are registered on Crown land: on titled land, anyone but the owner or occupier needs their written permission to trap. A report says whether either takes in a lot. Traplines and guiding territories in BC, by place.

Area B lies in wildlife management units 7-39 (10%), 7-41 (9%), 7-40 (8%), 7-47 (8%), 7-37 (7%), 7-45 (7%), 7-46 (7%), 7-42 (7%), 7-38 (6%): the Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis sets seasons and closed areas by unit. Hunting and shooting on your own property.

BC Parks maps 32 parks and protected areas (Beatton Park, a provincial park; Beatton River Park, a provincial park; Buckinghorse River Wayside Park, a provincial park; Butler Ridge Park, a provincial park; and 28 more) reaching into Area B, over 10% of its land. Recreation Sites and Trails BC lists 6 sites there. A report names the nearest park and recreation site within 25 km of a lot. Parks and recreation sites in BC, by place.

Check one lot: is there a mineral claim? · power lines nearby? · pipelines nearby? · a gravel pit nearby? · a landfill or plant nearby? · logging planned nearby? · cattle on open range? · is there a trapline? · can I hunt on it? · a park nearby? · Crown land next door?

Source: Mineral, placer and coal tenures, Mineral Titles Branch (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

Census figures are from 2021; the next census results start in 2027. Area boundaries are Statistics Canada's census subdivisions, which follow municipal and electoral area lines. The places named at the top are the official place names in the area (BC Geographical Names) with the most 2021 homes nearer them than any other name, on ISED's home points: our reading.

Source: Census of Population 2021, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence); BC Geographical Names, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Pseudo-Household Demographic Distribution (2021), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada).