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Free camping and cell signal in Cariboo-Chilcotin & Central Coast

Where Crown land camping is allowed in Cariboo-Chilcotin & Central Coast, where you'll still have signal to work or call for help, and what's on the road in: logging, surface and parking. One map, saved to your phone for use with no signal.

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345recreation sites, 1,628 campsites
119remote spots with signal
187licensed cell sites
5,483cut blocks with active logging

Can you camp on Crown land in Cariboo-Chilcotin & Central Coast?

Yes, on most of it. Provincial Crown land in BC allows free camping for up to 14 days in one spot, as long as you leave no permanent structures and follow posted closures and fire bans. In Cariboo-Chilcotin & Central Coast the map shows which land is Crown, which is private (including private forest land), and which is park, First Nation or municipal land, so you can tell a legal pull-off from someone's property before you drive in. Parks and protected areas here include BIG CREEK ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, ADAMS LAKE MARINE PARK - SPILLMAN BEACH SITE, ADAMS LAKE MARINE PARK - POPLAR POINT SITE, ARROWSTONE PARK, BIG BAR LAKE PARK and more; camp only in their designated sites.

Where will I have cell signal?

Coverage in the backcountry follows the valleys and the highways. Using every licensed cell site and a terrain model of where each one can reach, the map estimates that a clear line of sight to a site covers about 3% of Cariboo-Chilcotin & Central Coast for Telus and Bell, 1% for Rogers and Fido and 0% for Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 163 Telus/Bell, 23 Rogers/Fido and 1 Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.

Remote spots with signal in Cariboo-Chilcotin & Central Coast

Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.

  1. PINTO LAKE · gravel road · 21.5 km from Kleena Kleene · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  2. Lasalle Lakes (West) · road · 34.3 km from Dome Creek · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  3. Ripple (Silver) Lake · unpaved track · 14.4 km from Bridge Lake · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  4. Crown land near Beartrap Lake · gravel road · 12.5 km from Bridge Lake · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  5. Crown land near Sutherland Lake · gravel road · 17.1 km from Canim Lake · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  6. Crown land near Deka Lake · gravel road · 15.7 km from Bridge Lake · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  7. Crown land near Sheridan Lake · gravel road · 14.5 km from Bridge Lake · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  8. Crown land near Deka Lake · gravel road · 15.1 km from Canim Lake · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  9. Crown land near Deka Creek · gravel road · 17.7 km from Bridge Lake · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  10. Crown land near Judson Creek · gravel road · 12.6 km from Bridge Lake · line of sight to Telus / Bell

Logging and road access

5,483 cut blocks in Cariboo-Chilcotin & Central Coast have harvesting under way according to Province records. The map marks them so you can avoid log-truck roads and fresh clearcuts, and shows which roads are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads.

Towns in this region include 100 Mile House, Quesnel, Wells, Williams Lake, McBride, Chase, Clinton, Barriere.

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