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- bobsallyhExplorer III forgot Whitehorse. A friend of ours was pulling the grade between Skagway and Whitehorse when the tranny left go. Even the wrecker operator took them to Wal-Mart parking lot. If I remember correctly, there is a huge Canadian Tire Store beside Wally. If you don't like our gas cans down here stop in there and get the good old fashioned can with a regular pour spout and vent cap!.
- sue_tExplorer
dahkota wrote:
In Whitehorse, which we just passed, Walmart allows RV parking. Or at least I'm assuming they do, based on the 50+ RVs in their parking lot. It was so crowded with RVs I'm surprised there was parking for cars.
Often there isn't much parking for cars, even though there are signs asking RVers to park in a particular area, some park nearer the store. Some set up there for the whole summer too. I think one or two stay through the winter.
I tend to not shop at the Walmart in summer...it's too frustrating getting in and out of the parking lot. - 2gypsies1Explorer IIII can't imagine why you'd choose a WalMart or any other store when there are so many gorgeous places just to pull over - quite often with a stream or lake in your view.
- MWJonesExplorerThanks all for your helpful replies. Didn't know about about Home Depot.
- qtla9111NomadThrough out our Canada trip last summer, we stayed at Home Depot stores in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. No issues, never turned down. The wifi was excellent.
- hr0082ExplorerDawson Creek - Walmart
Soldatna - Fred Meyer
Kenai - Walmart
Whitehorse - Walmart
Canada - can't remember location, but we stayed at Canada Tire in a couple of places and were refused in others.
As others have said, in Alaska you can usually just pull off the road and there are some really beautiful sites. Also, in Alaska, the state parks are nice and In most parts of Canada, the provincial parks are really nice. In general, we stayed away from the full hookup commercial RV parks. An exception being Valdez and Seward where we stayed for a week each time and enjoyed having all the perks of full hookups and laundry facilities. - GordonThreeExplorerOnce you get past Whitehorse, there's no need for Wallydocking ... Despite signage to the contrary, there were plenty of RV's parking in road side pull-offs (myself included). If you take the Cassair (through BC) instead of the Alaskan, every rest stop I visited allowed overnight parking / camping for up to 8 hours. The Yukon government is not so generous.
In Alaska, IMHO if you want to be a city slicker, stay at a campground in the city - you get hookups and can unhitch the toad / tv, etc. if you want to explore the "last frontier" there's no shortage of places to stop with mind blowing beautiful vistas. out in the wilds you can pull off just about any road and stop, at many of the the pull offs folks even built fire rings from boulders. - dahkotaExplorerIn Whitehorse, which we just passed, Walmart allows RV parking. Or at least I'm assuming they do, based on the 50+ RVs in their parking lot. It was so crowded with RVs I'm surprised there was parking for cars.
- bobsallyhExplorer IIIt does go by local stuff. Last summer we docked at Wally in Dawson Creek at the start of the Alaska Hiway. In Soldotna, AK. Fred Myer welcomes RVs with signage where to park, etc.
- pianotunaNomad IIIHi,
It depends on the community. For example, in Calgary, Walmart only own their parking lot at one location. So only that one allows overnight parking.
I suggest you phone ahead.
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