BC & Rockies Road trip - next month!
We are returning to BC from Scotland (UK) for another road trip and this time we have nearly 6 weeks, starting on 18th August. We will be in a hired van and will arrive on Vancouver Island that after...
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Thanks, all, for your information, and thanks Canadafan for your pms - I will be in touch. A lot to take in, already! Some great tips and possible routes. As we have been a couple of times before there were some reminders of places we have already been and what a great place BC is. We had, for example, forgotten about the free ferries, and the beautiful trips we had on the lakes in 2014.
I have particularly noted Honest bug spray, safeway fuel savings, Labour Day weekend (we were aware of the holiday, but perhaps not of the implications), and possible routes once we leave Panorama.
Burns Lake and Premier Lake Park are on the list. As is Radium Hot Springs - we took in Nakusp on our first trip.
Can anyone advise campgrounds/boondocking possibilities on the Island between Nanaimo & Port Hardy and between Prince Rupert, Stewart and Burns Lake? We prefer the more basic sites - we have enjoyed a number of "rec" sites (found in the Backroads mapbooks, and often off paved roads - we are allowed to use unmade roads if they lead to a campground!)and we hardly ever use formal campsites in UK.
We do like views, and we have found that in BC they can be difficult to find, because of the trees! For this reason we find that lake or river sites are often the best. We are also looking for places to see wildllife, on our first trip I don't know how many time s we were told "Moma bear and her two cubs were here an hour ago/this morning/yesterday". On our trip on the Icefields Parkway in May/June 2015 we saw her - many times, in fact we saw so many black bears in a week we lost count! This time we hope to see more black bears, grizzlys, deer, elk, moose, beavers and possibly see or hear wolves.
Thanks for your help.
I have particularly noted Honest bug spray, safeway fuel savings, Labour Day weekend (we were aware of the holiday, but perhaps not of the implications), and possible routes once we leave Panorama.
Burns Lake and Premier Lake Park are on the list. As is Radium Hot Springs - we took in Nakusp on our first trip.
Can anyone advise campgrounds/boondocking possibilities on the Island between Nanaimo & Port Hardy and between Prince Rupert, Stewart and Burns Lake? We prefer the more basic sites - we have enjoyed a number of "rec" sites (found in the Backroads mapbooks, and often off paved roads - we are allowed to use unmade roads if they lead to a campground!)and we hardly ever use formal campsites in UK.
We do like views, and we have found that in BC they can be difficult to find, because of the trees! For this reason we find that lake or river sites are often the best. We are also looking for places to see wildllife, on our first trip I don't know how many time s we were told "Moma bear and her two cubs were here an hour ago/this morning/yesterday". On our trip on the Icefields Parkway in May/June 2015 we saw her - many times, in fact we saw so many black bears in a week we lost count! This time we hope to see more black bears, grizzlys, deer, elk, moose, beavers and possibly see or hear wolves.
Thanks for your help.
