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BC wildfire G72463 · 2021 · 2,519 ha
Bearhole wildfire, 2021
The Bearhole wildfire started on August 2, 2021, caused by lightning. It was declared out on November 18, 2021. Its mapped perimeter covers 2,519 ha: the 46th-largest of 2021's 59 large fires, and the 457th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Peace River, Electoral Area D. The nearest municipality, Tumbler Ridge, is roughly 44 km away; the fire covered a small fraction of the land area of it.
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Where it burned
This fireOther large fires since 1990
Outline simplified by us from the BC Wildfire Service's perimeter; not for locating a lot. Check a lot with the search above.
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 October 2, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Outlines simplified and places measured by PlaceDossier.
Places it reached
| Place | Burned there | Of the place's land |
|---|---|---|
| Peace River, Electoral Area D | 2,519 ha | under 1% |
Measured by us: the fire's mapped perimeter laid over Statistics Canada's boundaries of each municipality and electoral area. A place is listed when the fire burned any of a municipality, 25 ha or more of an electoral area, or a twentieth of the fire.
Burned before or since
1 later large fire burned into it again.
- 2022Bearhole Lake wildfire6,499 ha in all878 ha shared
Overlaps measured by us on the mapped perimeters, which are the outer edges: where two overlap, the ground may have burned once, twice or not at all.
The record
| Fire number | G72463 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2021 |
| Started | August 2, 2021 |
| Declared out | November 18, 2021 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 2,519 ha |
| Location, as the province describes it | Bear Hole Lake |
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.
Before you buy or build, ask the local government or fire department about the fire protection area, FireSmart work and the distance to a fire hall, and ask your insurer what they need.
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 October 2, 2026. Outlines simplified and places measured by PlaceDossier.
Larger in 2021: Pine River wildfire. Smaller: Two Mile Road wildfire. Every large fire of 2021 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?