Two campgrounds in Saskatchewan are closed for the 2025 season. SaskParks reports on their webpage that Gem Lakes and Lost Echo Lake campgrounds are closed due to damage from wildfires.

The rest of Narrow Hills Provincial Park will remain temporarily closed until May 29th. Saskatchewan Provincial Parks says it is actively monitoring the situation and will advise if the closure is extended.

Narrow Hills Provincial Park is 144 kilometres northeast of Prince Albert. Three fires, the Shoe, Camp, and Boot fires are burning in the area and are not contained.  The Shoe Fire is estimated at 16,000 hectares and the Camp fire is almost 31 thousand hectares in size. Both fires have heavy equipment, air tanker and helicopter support.

As of 6 a.m. Thursday, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says there are 10 fires burning actively in the province and five are not contained.

There have been 155 fires so far this year which is the same as this time last year. The five-year average is 96 year-to-date.