Free camping and cell signal in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Where Crown land camping is allowed in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, 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 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean in the mapCan you camp on public land in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean?
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 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean the map shows public and private land, national parks, wildlife reserves, ZECs, outfitter territories and First Nations lands. Parks and protected areas here include Couchepaganiche Ecological Reserve, G.-Oscar-Villeneuve Ecological Reserve, Louis-Ovide-Brunet Ecological Reserve, Victor-A.-Huard Ecological Reserve, Bog-à-Lanières 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 10% of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean for Telus and Bell, 4% for Rogers and Fido and 4% for Vidéotron and Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 342 Telus/Bell, 43 Rogers/Fido and 53 Vidéotron/Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.
Remote spots with signal in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Crown land near Lac Audy · gravel road · 19.4 km from Lac-Édouard · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Ruisseau Deschênes · gravel road · 16.1 km from La Bostonnais · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac René-Gauthier · gravel road · 24.4 km from Lac-Bouchette · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac Émile · gravel road · 15.9 km from Lac-Bouchette · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac des Îles · gravel road · 15.7 km from Petit-Saguenay · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Baie Gélinas · gravel road · 19.1 km from Saint-Charles-de-Bourget · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido, Freedom
- Crown land near Lac Rond · gravel road · 17.3 km from Normandin · line of sight to Freedom
- Crown land near Lac des Hôtes · gravel road · 16 km from Normandin · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Freedom
- Crown land near Lac Joseph · gravel road · 18 km from Saint-Siméon · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Lac Lamonde · gravel road · 20.5 km from Saint-Siméon · line of sight to Telus / Bell
Logging and road access
The map shows which roads in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean 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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