A man paddles a paddleboard on Okanagan Lake, in Lake Country, B.C., as the Quilpituk Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside across the lake, near Fintry, on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. A 2024 wildfire in Jasper, Alta., razed about 350 homes, while the 2023 McDougall Creek wildfire destroyed about 200 homes, also around Okanagan Lake. A tour of the edge of Okanagan Lake, conducted by boat on Tuesday afternoon, gave a glimpse of the Bradley Creek fire’s wrath. In addition to Bradley Creek, major fires are burning in the Fraser Canyon, Thompson-Nicola and East Kootenay regions near communities, including Boston Bar, Clinton and Kimberley. A property on Okanagan Indian Band land that was destroyed by the Bradley Creek wildfire is seen, in Vernon, B.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026.