It's Not Even "Summer" Yet – As Canada Struggles With Multiple Forest Fires

 DOWN THE HIGHWAYS 

Keeping An Eye On The Ball... 

Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre Releases Alarming Map Of Canada's Forest Fires 

The nation of Canada is operating a website, CIFFC ("Centre Interservices Des Feux De Foret Du Canada"), that shows the extent of early June forest fires across that vast country. 

Closest to Alaska are two Canadian provinces: British Columbia and the Yukon. 

It's a huge world. According to E-Flora BC – the electronic atlas of the plants in British Columbia – there are many maples there. There are also beech, cedar, and oaks, which are typically from more temperate places.

But, there are also plants in BC that are very similar to what you find in Alaska, including alder, birch, white, black and Sitka spruce, various types of pines, firs and hemlock. 

The Yukon, which is directly adjacent to Alaska along the road system, is even more like Alaska in the types of burnable trees that grow there. Typical photographs of the Yukon reveal a landscape that looks very much like ours. 

According to Wikipedia, the Yukon has black spruce, white spruce, dwarf birch, willows, just like we do.  The Yukon is on the Alcan Highway, as is British Columbia and Interior Alaska. 

Currently, forest fires are sweeping across Canada, with some of the most recent in British Columbia. 

MAP OF CURRENT FOREST FIRES, JUNE 3RD, 2025 

(Graphs By  CIFFC)

    CHART OF CANADIAN FOREST FIRE VOLATILITY