- At its peak, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry were measuring this deadly fire beast at over 350,000 hectares in size -- ripping through huge areas of forest, destroying over 14 houses, millions of dollars in structural and industrial equipment, and provoking mandatory evacuations throughout the region.
This is the story of the 2019 Chuckegg Creek Wildfire, and how it forever changed the communities of High Level, La Crete, Fort Vermilion, and surrounding Indigenous communities of Bushe River, Meander River, Chateh, and Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement.