Free camping and cell signal in Stikine, Dease Lake & Cassiar
Where Crown land camping is allowed in Stikine, Dease Lake & Cassiar, 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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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 Stikine, Dease Lake & Cassiar 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 GLADYS LAKE ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, PITMAN RIVER PROTECTED AREA, BLUE/DEASE RIVERS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, TA CH'ILA PARK [A.K.A. BOYA LAKE PARK], CHICKENS NECK MOUNTAIN ECOLOGICAL RESERVE 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, almost none of Stikine, Dease Lake & Cassiar has a clear line of sight to a cell site: expect signal only in and near the few communities, and carry a satellite messenger. The region has 0 Telus/Bell, 0 Rogers/Fido and 0 Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.
Logging and road access
130 cut blocks in Stikine, Dease Lake & Cassiar 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 Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.
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