Disaster Date:08/18/2023
Shuswap, BC
Fires
What Happened
On August 18, 2023, the Bush Creek East Wildfire ran through the North Shuswap Region, destroying 176 structures throughout Scotch Creek, Lee Creek, and Celista. MDS is responding in the communities of Celista and Scotch Creek.
What MDS Is Doing
Scotch Creek and Celista are small towns located on the north shores of the Shuswap Lake in the Thompson Okanagan region of BC. The towns are accessed via the Squilax Bridge off Highway 1 between Chase and Sorrento and the Squilax-Anglemont Highway along the lake.
MDS is responding in the communities of Celista and Scotch Creek, rebuilding three homes and assisting with other smaller projects in the community.
Location
The Shuswap Lake consists of four arms, a shape reminiscent of a letter H. MDS will be working near the Shuswap arm located to the west. The other arms are Salmon Arm southwest, the Anstey Arm in the northeast and the Seymour Arm in the north.
Stories from the Field
Weekly Reports
Summer has arrived in the North Shuswap with temperatures reaching low 30s for the first time this year. We had the pleasure of welcoming two youth groups this week. There were five volunteers from the Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Abbotsford, B.C...
Fourteen volunteers worked on sites in the North Shuswap this week. The volunteers came from Winnipeg, Red Deer, Morden, Winkler, Meldrum Bay, Waldheim, Edmonton, Leamington, Chatham, Blind Bay and Port Moody. We were joined by seven community...
This week, 14 volunteers have been working at the sites in the North Shuswap. The volunteers came from Winnipeg, Red Deer, Winkler, Meldrum Bay, Waldheim, Blind Bay, Ladner, Delta, Stoney Plain, Calgary, Abbotsford and Port Moody. Additionally, we...