Upper Foster Lake Warnings Or Dangers Tips by Bwana_Brown

Forest fires

Forest fires are a constant summer threat in Canada and 2008 was no different - especially in Saskatchewan which received very little rain in late Spring. As a result, when we were enjoying the fishing at Oneman Lake, there were about 240 fires burning in the province, the vast majority being located in the huge northern wilderness areas. We spotted this one while out fishing as well as a few more on our flight back to Missinipi at the end of our trip (4th photo).

The 2nd photo shows what forest fires do to the landscape in the north - the left island has normal growth while the background mainland has mostly tree stumps remaining and it also 'jumped' over the water to burn the right island as well. The 3rd photo shows a closer view of the burned island - it happened about 2 years ago on an earlier fishing trip as the guys were getting worried about both the smoke and whether it was going to jump over to Grey Owl Camp island as well.

With the numerous lakes, rivers and streams this far north, the fires are normally left to burn themselves out, with water bombing and other fire fighting methods being employed only if a settlement is in danger.