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Free camping and cell signal in Lower Mainland, Sea-to-Sky & Sunshine Coast

Where Crown land camping is allowed in Lower Mainland, Sea-to-Sky & Sunshine Coast, 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.

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194recreation sites, 1,849 campsites
115remote spots with signal
7,010licensed cell sites
1,833cut blocks with active logging

Can you camp on Crown land in Lower Mainland, Sea-to-Sky & Sunshine Coast?

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 Lower Mainland, Sea-to-Sky & Sunshine Coast 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 RENDEZVOUS ISLAND SOUTH PARK, SMUGGLER COVE MARINE PARK, ALEXANDRA BRIDGE PARK, ALICE LAKE PARK, AMBROSE LAKE 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 15% of Lower Mainland, Sea-to-Sky & Sunshine Coast for Telus and Bell, 12% for Rogers and Fido and 5% for Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 5,049 Telus/Bell, 1,556 Rogers/Fido and 405 Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.

Remote spots with signal in Lower Mainland, Sea-to-Sky & Sunshine Coast

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

  1. Crown land near Mount Davies · gravel road · 12.8 km from False Bay · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
  2. Crown land near Spencer Creek · gravel road · 21.9 km from Bamfield · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
  3. Stuart Island · hike-in · 22.5 km from Phillips Arm · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  4. Crown land near Mount Henning · gravel road · 19.3 km from Tulameen · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
  5. Crown land near Spuzzum · gravel road · 14.3 km from Yale · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  6. Crown land near Tikwalus Creek · gravel road · 16.2 km from Yale · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  7. Crown land near Zum Peak · gravel road · 25 km from Tulameen · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
  8. Crown land near Fallslake Creek · gravel road · 18.5 km from Tulameen · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
  9. Crown land near Gilt Creek · gravel road · 16 km from Yale · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  10. Lightning Lake · gravel road · 19 km from Canyon Alpine · weak signal

Logging and road access

1,833 cut blocks in Lower Mainland, Sea-to-Sky & Sunshine Coast 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.

Towns in this region include Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Harrison Hot Springs, Hope, Kent, Mission, Anmore, Belcarra.

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