Elder Creek Fire

Unit Information

Glacier National Park
National Park Service
PO Box 128 West Glacier Montana 59936
West Glacier, MT 59936

This incident is no longer being updated.

Minimal fire activity seen on the south end of the Elder Creek Fire

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The Elder Creek Fire started on September 2, 2017, in Canada on the Montana and British Columbia border. A local Type 3 Team has been managing the fire since 9/24/2017.

Daily updates are available on the Sprague Fire Inciweb page: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/news/5510

Basic Information

Current as of
Incident Type	Wildfire
Cause	Human
Date of Origin	Saturday September 02nd, 2017 approx. 01:55 PM
Location	40 miles north of West Glacier, Montana, on the US/Canada Border
Coordinates	48.999 latitude, -114.415 longitude