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JimK-NY wrote:

StirCrazy wrote:


ahh that's where you Americans have a huge advantage. We cannot just drive a unit onto government land unless it is designated for "camping" and in that case it is called a recreation area or some other name and there are rules and fees of some sort... Sometimes they are free. Otherwise, you're limited to provincial or private campgrounds.

It has been a few years since I made my one and only RV camping trip across Canada. I still remember some of the places I stayed in the Western Provinces.

Stayed on a city street in Winnipeg while visiting a distant relative.

Stayed at rest stop near Moosmin, Saskatchewan. It was a very nice spot with the only good view we had of the northern lights.

In Banff, we stayed several nights in an area within the Park that I can barely describe as a combination of a construction site and a migrant camp. No water, no facilities but safe and convenient.

At the Athabasca glacier we gave up our official camping spot to a young couple and child who came in too late to get a spot. We stayed in the parking lot a couple of nights. It was a great opportunity to take night photos.

At Jasper we stayed in an outstandingly beautiful area designed as overflow camping. No fees, no facilities but with access to the nearby dump station at the actual campground. After a few nights a ranger came by and told us the since the main campground was only partially full the overflow was going to close. We stayed a couple of nights in town across from a church and within a block of a bakery with outstanding bread and donuts. Great smells in the morning.

At your town, Kamloops, we arrived late, stayed in the Costco parking lot and left early the next morning for the Cascades.

I am sure there were other places I have forgotten, but as a quick summary I would guess our stays in the western provinces were outside of designated camping areas at least three quarters of the time.

so only one maybe two if we stretch it, of those situations would I consider boon docking or even camping for that matter.

really staying on the street at a friend's place in the city, or stopping overnight at a Costco, or rest stop is what you consider boon docking. we call that pulling over for the night because you're too tired to drive. I was woken up in the middle of the night from a rest stop and told to move on... Once, there actually were signs saying no overnight parking or such but that was a long long time ago and probably a RCMP having a bad night. years ago when I was young, the Alberta provincial campground used to be all over and they used to be free for Alberta residents, not sure why that changed.

I am not sure what you're talking about in Banff, but if it was not in a designated camping area you got lucky, the parking lot at the Athabaska glacier is actually a designated camping area for rv's over night and it is 16.50 per night, used to be free but I can't remember how long ago that was.

took me a bit to figure out what overflow as there is only one now but used to be a couple or three. The snaring river overflow is Un serviced, no fires, no drinking or anything else allowed and is 16.50/night and will close or open depending on how busy the other campgrounds are. again, not boondocking. When I think about boon docking, I associate that with "free camping" not urban stealth camping or pulling over in a rest stop. There are a few spots in BC, but none that I would give up on a public forum.