In a Pickle in Canada

You MAY get by using some ingenuity. It's been a few years now but on our last trip to Alaska we camped in an organized campground/RV park only 15 days out of the 60 we spent traveling to and from and while IN Alaska. The rest of the time we were in roadside pull outs, gravel pits, creek banks and lake shores. Wishing you luck / Skip

Do the gravel pit or my personal fav a burned out gas station. Lots of places to boondock.

We were in Jasper three years ago on Canada Day, no reservations. The parks directed all the overflow to an area on Hy16 east of Jasper, 500? acres of overflow, boondock camping, no specific sites. One set of pit toilets. It was only opened when necessary, all other campsites full, and it closed after the holiday. Sorry I can't remember the name.

Beverley and Ken

It is possible you might get lucky and get one campsite, but for your group, unlikely to get that many in Jasper. I would suggest staying on in Banff if you are already in a non-reservable campsite, which means you have it as long as you stay there. If you are in a reservable one, you will have to move on. If you must move on there is an overflow campsite that you could move to between Castle Junction and Lake Louise you could use to get through the weekend. If you do move on, I would also suggest finding a campsite along the Banff-Jasper highway, and spend a few days. The best bet is Waterfowl Lakes, about 35 miles north of Lake Louise, as it is all non-reservable, and it has a dump station as well. Be aware that some of the smaller campsites along the highway are older, so have narrow roads, smaller sites, and may be difficult for large rigs. Good Luck.

Someone mentioned Wilcox. Don't take a big rig in there -- very tight interior roads, small sites.

The Icefields parking lot is huge -- there might be room -- talk to a ranger, perhaps? Dry camping only, of course.

HA! We got caught by Canada Day on our first trip to Alaska. Wound up in a Fred Meyers carpark in an abandoned Prince George. Lesson learned.

Holed up in a Palmer, Alaska CG this time for July 4th letting the madness swirl around us.

Try a big turnout where all will fit. We stayed in one in BC and not one other vehicle entered the turnout while we were there.

Orion: I can well understand why you ex-pat Brits wanna forget about the Fourth of July... ;-)
I keep telling my British Bride that she has to put on a red coat and march down the center of the field behind our house while I hide behind trees and throw stuff at her.
Haven't convinced her that it it the thing to do though.

BM