ALBERTA
WILDFIRE ROAD CLOSURES
A wildfire is burning approximately 10km north of Highway 58. Garden River, John D’Or Prairie and Fox Lake are under evacuation order. Highway 58 is CLOSED at Range Road 112, approximately 15km east of Boyer. RCMP are restricting access to the area with the exception of water trucks and emergency personnel. Westbound Highway 58 remains open for evacuees leaving the area. Speed is reduced to 60 km/h due to poor visibility from smoke and dust. For more information, visit https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-emergency-alert.aspx or Little Red River Cree Nation’s FaceBook page.
Access through Jasper National Park via Highway 16 is open only to commercial vehicles for the following time windows below.
Commercial vehicles are defined as trucks, tractors, trailers, or any combination thereof, with a registered gross vehicle weight exceeding 11,794 kilograms.
To ensure safety, access is limited to the following times (all times in mountain standard time):
- 5:00 am – 7:00 am MDT
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm MDT
- 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm MDT
These times are subject to change without notice and are dependent on fire behaviour and operational needs. We are entering a period of hotter drier weather and the fire is anticipated to become more dynamic. Access, even during these identified times is not guaranteed.
The RCMP is controlling access within the Park at staffed checkpoints on Highway 16 in both directions. Drivers must stop and identify themselves at the checkpoints before proceeding.
All traffic: Highway 16, Highway 93N and Highway 93A within Jasper National Park are CLOSED due to wildfire. Westbound motorists are advised to detour using Highway 40 northbound through Grande Prairie or Highway 43. Alternately, motorists are able to travel to and from British Columbia via Highway 1 through Banff National Park. Highway 93 is CLOSED just north of Saskatchewan River Crossing. Traffic accessing Highway 93N from Highway 11, west of Nordegg, must head south via Lake Louise. An Evacuation Order is in place at this time for Jasper National Park and Jasper townsite.
Check Jasper National Park for evacuation information and updates. Information for Alberta evacuees within BC, visit: https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/event/alberta-evacuees…. If travelling into BC, check DriveBC for road updates.
Highway 734 from Highway 752 (SW of Rocky Mountain House) to Highway 11 (Nordegg) – Closed due to wildfire. Avoid the area. No detour is available.
