Free camping and cell signal in Laurentides & Lanaudière
Where Crown land camping is allowed in Laurentides & Lanaudière, 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 Laurentides & Lanaudière in the mapCan you camp on public land in Laurentides & Lanaudière?
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 Laurentides & Lanaudière the map shows public and private land, national parks, wildlife reserves, ZECs, outfitter territories and First Nations lands. Parks and protected areas here include Irénée-Marie Ecological Reserve, Jackrabbit Ecological Reserve, Tapani Ecological Reserve, Marie-Jean-Eudes Ecological Reserve, Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec) 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 28% of Laurentides & Lanaudière for Telus and Bell, 25% for Rogers and Fido and 19% for Vidéotron and Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 2,519 Telus/Bell, 1,399 Rogers/Fido and 857 Vidéotron/Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.
Remote spots with signal in Laurentides & Lanaudière
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Crown land near Lac Pagé · gravel road · 11.7 km from Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Campsite near Rivière du Nord · gravel road · 12.1 km from Saint-Côme · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Freedom
- Crown land near Lac Manseau · gravel road · 14.4 km from Lac-des-Écorces · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Lac Chauncey · gravel road · 10.9 km from Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Pointe aux Mouettes · gravel road · 13 km from Duhamel · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Crique du Caribou · gravel road · 10.4 km from Saint-Donat · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Petit lac Atikamekw · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Petit lac Frasier · gravel road · 14.9 km from L'Ascension · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac Georges · gravel road · 9.8 km from Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Lac Sainte-Sophie · gravel road · 11.4 km from Chertsey · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Freedom
Logging and road access
The map shows which roads in Laurentides & Lanaudière are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads. Logging data for Quebec is not on the map yet.
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