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Free camping and cell signal in Southern Labrador: the Labrador Straits to Cartwright
Where Crown land camping is allowed in Southern Labrador: the Labrador Straits to Cartwright, where you'll still have signal to work or call for help, and what's on the road in: logging, surface and parking. Free to use online. Offline use is paid: the Camp Map Pass saves the region to your phone for use with no signal.
Open Southern Labrador: the Labrador Straits to Cartwright in the mapCan you camp on Crown land in Southern Labrador: the Labrador Straits to Cartwright?
The province has said it does not target short-term camping on Crown land; occupying it long-term without a licence breaks the Lands Act, and no day limit is published. Wilderness reserves need an entry permit. In Southern Labrador: the Labrador Straits to Cartwright the map shows Crown and private land from the Canadian Forest Service's 250 m land classification, plus parks and wilderness reserves. Parks and protected areas here include Pinware River Provincial Park, Gannet Islands Ecological Reserve, Pistolet Bay Provincial Park, Watts Point Ecological Reserve, Burnt Cape 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, the map estimates that a clear line of sight to a site covers about 1% of Southern Labrador: the Labrador Straits to Cartwright for Telus and Bell, 0% for Rogers and Fido and 0% for Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 18 Telus/Bell, 0 Rogers/Fido and 0 Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.
Remote spots with signal in Southern Labrador: the Labrador Straits to Cartwright
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Crown land near Parker River · gravel road · 7 km from Raleigh · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near St. Anthony Hill · gravel road · 4.3 km from St. Anthony · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Shoal Cove · gravel road · 3.7 km from Savage Cove - Sandy Cove · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Croix Point · gravel road · 9 km from Raleigh · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Long Point · gravel road · 8.9 km from Raleigh · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Bobbys Cove · gravel road · 5.1 km from St. Anthony · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Pistolet Bay Campground · gravel road · 4.1 km from Raleigh · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Campsite near Diable Bay · hike-in · 5.4 km from L'Anse au Loup · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Kitty Pond · unpaved track · 7.1 km from L'Anse au Loup · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Schooner Cove · unpaved track · 3.6 km from L'Anse au Loup · line of sight to Telus / Bell
Logging and road access
The map shows which roads in Southern Labrador: the Labrador Straits to Cartwright are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads. Logging data for Newfoundland and Labrador is not on the map yet.
Open Southern Labrador: the Labrador Straits to Cartwright in the mapCosmic's Camp Map puts all of this on one map with land status, cell coverage by carrier, recreation sites, wildfires, services and road reports, and, with the Camp Map Pass, saves it to your phone for use without signal. See everything the map does.