Free camping and cell signal in North Coast, Skeena & Haida Gwaii

Where Crown land camping is allowed in North Coast, Skeena & Haida Gwaii, 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.

Open North Coast, Skeena & Haida Gwaii in the map

108recreation sites, 404 campsites

100remote spots with signal

267licensed cell sites

1,530cut blocks with active logging

Can you camp on Crown land in North Coast, Skeena & Haida Gwaii?

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 North Coast, Skeena & Haida Gwaii 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 CALL LAKE PARK, TOW HILL ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, BABINE LAKE MARINE PARK - SMITHERS LANDING SITE, BABINE MOUNTAINS PARK, BULKLEY JUNCTION 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 2% of North Coast, Skeena & Haida Gwaii for Telus and Bell, 1% for Rogers and Fido and 0% for Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 233 Telus/Bell, 30 Rogers/Fido and 4 Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.

Remote spots with signal in North Coast, Skeena & Haida Gwaii

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

Crown land · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
Crown land · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
Crown land · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
Crown land near Hudson Bay Creek · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
Crown land near Takla Landing · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
Crown land near Corya Creek · gravel road · 24.9 km from New Hazelton · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
Crown land near Day Lake · gravel road · 12.3 km from Topley · line of sight to Telus / Bell
Crown land near Moricetown · gravel road · 24.2 km from New Hazelton · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
Crown land · unpaved track · 20 km from Remo · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
Crown land near Rockcliff Falls · unpaved track · 22.1 km from Remo · line of sight to Rogers / Fido

Logging and road access

1,530 cut blocks in North Coast, Skeena & Haida Gwaii 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.