Use caution camping in the Chilcotin!
Copied & pasted from another forum... A heads up to anyone headed to the Chilcotin. A friend was at Raven Lake a couple of weeks ago and had his truck stolen. His trip was over and he had packed ever...
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About five years ago we were looking to move from Vancouver Island to a quieter area. We had always liked the landscape between Lac La Hache and Bill's Puddle (Williams Lake ;) ) so chatted with various residents on our numerous trips through the area.
I'd make comments about how peaceful it seemed, how lovely the area was, how nice the lake areas were...
And locals would start talking about the vandalism and thefts. We were told to not leave our vehicle unattended anywhere and if we did expect it to be spray-painted, broken in to, vandalized, or not be there when we returned. I asked about the properties around the lakes in the area. Advice was to get a good security system. People clucked about the problems in the area rather than the peacefulness.
So we struck that area off our list of beautiful places we thought we could live in.
I'd make comments about how peaceful it seemed, how lovely the area was, how nice the lake areas were...
And locals would start talking about the vandalism and thefts. We were told to not leave our vehicle unattended anywhere and if we did expect it to be spray-painted, broken in to, vandalized, or not be there when we returned. I asked about the properties around the lakes in the area. Advice was to get a good security system. People clucked about the problems in the area rather than the peacefulness.
So we struck that area off our list of beautiful places we thought we could live in.
