I live in Saskatchewan and we experienced that same orange sky from the B.C. fires. Erie! In fact I thought when you said Ness lake you were talking about a lake close by. One thing the crazy light has been good for is photography. I went out and snapped a few pictures.
Wow all the way to Saskatchewan!
Yes it's crazy! We haven't had clear skies for quite a while now. There is always some sort of haze blocking the sun (good in the way it is keeping the heat down) but the other day when the smoke just rolled in and the sky turned orange was eerie!