Provincial crown land south of the Churchill River system is now subject to a fire ban because of extreme wildfire hazard.

The Ministry of Environment issued the ban for the following provincial parks and their surrounding recreation sites:

  • The Battlefords
  • Blackstrap
  • Buffalo Pound
  • Candle Lake
  • Clarence-Steepbank Lakes
  • Crooked Lake
  • Cypress Hills
  • Danielson
  • Douglas
  • Duck Mountain
  • Echo Valley
  • Good Spirit Lake
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Greenwater Lake
  • Katepwa Point
  • Lac La Ronge
  • Makwa Lake
  • Meadow Lake
  • Moose Mountain
  • Narrow Hills
  • Pike Lake
  • Rowan’s Ravine
  • Saskatchewan Landing
  • Wildcat Hill
  • Cannington Manor
  • Cumberland House
  • Fort Carlton
  • Fort Pitt
  • Last Mountain House
  • Steele Narrows
  • St. Victor Petroglyphs
  • Touchwood Hills Post
  • Wood Mountain Post

Here is the full list of all provincial parks and recreation sites covered by this ban.

Athabasca Sand Dunes and Clearwater River provincial parks are not included in the fire ban.

Open fires and fireworks are not permitted during the fire ban, but the following items are allowed for cooking or heating purposes:

  • Self-contained heating devices
  • Gas barbecues
  • Propane fire pits
  • Charcoal briquettes used in park-provided barbecues and fire pits

The fire ban is effective immediately and will stay in place until conditions improve and the Ministry of Environment rescinds the order.