Jasper National Park under wildfire threat. How far is it from safe zones?

Alberta’s celebrated Jasper National Park has been unopen down and evacuations are underway amid raging wildfires threatening residents and visitors.

The removal order, issued Monday night, for almost 4,700 residents and each visitors covers nan municipality of Jasper and nan remainder of nan nationalist park.

Everyone successful Jasper was told to battalion up and fly westbound by 3 a.m. Tuesday towards neighbouring British Columbia utilizing Highway 16.

Jasper is located successful nan Alberta Rockies and spreads crossed astir 11,228 quadrate kilometres.

The nearest municipality to Jasper is Hinton, Alta., which is astir 77 kilometres by road.

In B.C., Valemount is nan closest colony to Jasper, astatine a driving region of astir 124 kilometres.

From Alberta’s astir populous cities, Calgary and Edmonton, Jasper National Park is 403 kilometres and 365 kilometres away, respectively.

Everyone successful Jasper has been ordered to caput westbound connected Highway 16 toward B.C.

For assistance, group tin spell to nan Jasper Activity Centre astatine 303 Bonhomme St.

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In B.C., a invited centre has been group up astatine Valemount Community Hall astatine 101 Gorse Street.

Evacuees tin besides extremity for shelter astatine Robson Valley Community Centre astatine 441 Columbia St., McBride and nan CN Centre successful Prince George, located astatine 2187 Ospika Blvd. S.

In Alberta, reception centres for Jasper evacuees are being group up successful Grande Prairie and Calgary.

Jasper National Park is Canada’s largest parkland successful nan Rocky Mountains and 2nd largest acheronian entity sphere successful nan world.

Home to campgrounds, extended way networks, waterfalls and heavy canyons, Jasper is 1 of Alberta’s apical tourer destinations on pinch Banff National Park.

Surrounded by upland peaks, Jasper National Park is besides a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.

— pinch files from The Canadian Press