Free camping and cell signal in Chibougamau & Nord-du-Québec
Where Crown land camping is allowed in Chibougamau & Nord-du-Québec, 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, and with the Camp Map Pass it saves to your phone for use with no signal.
Open Chibougamau & Nord-du-Québec in the mapCan you camp on public land in Chibougamau & Nord-du-Québec?
Yes. On Quebec public land (terres du domaine de l'État) you can camp without a permit, with temporary equipment, for a stay of up to 7 months; ZECs and wildlife reserves charge fees, and some regional municipalities require a camping permit. In Chibougamau & Nord-du-Québec the map shows public and private land, national parks, wildlife reserves, ZECs, outfitter territories and First Nations lands. Parks and protected areas here include William-Baldwin Ecological Reserve, Nibiischii National Park (Québec), Assinica National Park Reserve (Québec), Réserve faunique Ashuapmushuan, Réserve faunique Assinica; 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 Chibougamau & Nord-du-Québec for Telus and Bell, 0% for Rogers and Fido and 0% for Vidéotron and Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 19 Telus/Bell, 0 Rogers/Fido and 0 Vidéotron/Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.
Remote spots with signal in Chibougamau & Nord-du-Québec
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Crown land near Rivière Gervais · gravel road · 11.7 km from Girardville · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac Triste · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Rivière Chibougamau · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Rivière Croche · gravel road · 7.7 km from Didyme · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Camping Lac Charron · rough road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Kaapeshii Iyiyu Ihtuwin · unpaved track · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land · unpaved track · 14.6 km from Matagami · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land · unpaved track · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land · unpaved track · 12.3 km from Matagami · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac du Neuf · gravel road · 7.8 km from Saint-Thomas-Didyme · line of sight to Telus / Bell
Logging and road access
The map shows which roads in Chibougamau & Nord-du-Québec are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads. Logging data for Quebec is not on the map yet.
Open Chibougamau & Nord-du-Québec 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 saves it to your phone for use without signal. See everything the map does.