Trans Canada highway

[pigfarmer]

Would like to know what the Trans Canada Highway is like. Is the area along the route anything at all like Alaska? Are there places where one can pull off and boon dock like in the Yukon? We've traveled all of the lower 48 and Alaska but never the Trans Canada Highway. What can we expect? Thank you in advance.

[Community Alumni]

This has gone way off the OP's original intended question; time go close it.

[08UltraRider]

Little Kopit wrote:

08UltraRider wrote:

Little Kopit wrote:
Or, adapt to local conditions. I have been known to pull over on the side of the Trans Canada, when I needed to stop. & believe me, if you need to quit driving, I can't imagine any cop who would give you a ticket, for just pulling over out of the line of traffic.

If you're saying to pull over into the shoulder and park? I can't speak for out east but out here you won't get away with it! Emergency stopping only!

You won't get a ticket but you will be told to move on.

What is your specific? I cannot imagine a skilled, experienced policeman saying, keep driving and fall asleep at the wheel.

:C

If you're tired then you should have stopped at a safe location before you feel you have to pull over on a highway shoulder. FYI, this also applies to people who pull over to the shoulder to use their cell phone in a non-emergency.


Parking outside of an urban area

43(1) This section applies only to a highway that is outside of an
urban area.

(2) A person driving a vehicle shall not park the vehicle on a
roadway when it is practicable to park the vehicle off the roadway.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a person driving a vehicle
shall not park the vehicle on the roadway, parking lane or shoulder of a provincial highway except where

(a) the vehicle is incapable of moving under its own power,
(b) an emergency arises, or
(c) it is otherwise permitted by law.

[Little_Kopit]

Possibly the distance from access roads is greater in the east.

:C

[JaxDad]

Little Kopit wrote:

Johnny G1 wrote:

Little Kopit wrote:

08UltraRider wrote:

Little Kopit wrote:
Or, adapt to local conditions. I have been known to pull over on the side of the Trans Canada, when I needed to stop. & believe me, if you need to quit driving, I can't imagine any cop who would give you a ticket, for just pulling over out of the line of traffic.

If you're saying to pull over into the shoulder and park? I can't speak for out east but out here you won't get away with it! Emergency stopping only!

You won't get a ticket but you will be told to move on.

What is your specific? I cannot imagine a skilled, experienced policeman saying, keep driving and fall asleep at the wheel.

:C

Parking on the side of the road will not be tolerated most places by any Police as there is a lot of wide loads being moved, Just parking on the shoulder is not the smartest move in any body's mind, how many get killed or injured just changing a tire, there is lots of places anywhere in Canada to get off the road, Just my thought's from a long haul trucker.

So, then why oh why aren't the average citizens insisting on proper shoulders? It's your taxes, as well as mine. We should be able to keep ourselves safe. & mandatory to safe is safe shoulders!!!!!!

😞

Likely because 'proper shoulders' would unbelievable cost prohibitive. The shoulder is meant to be enough room to get out of traffic in an emergency.

There's lots of side roads, turn-outs and rest areas along any highway, let alone the TC.

If a person can't tell when they're getting too tired to drive in advance, and don't know about it until it's such an urgent situation they have to park on the shoulder of a major highway for a rest, then they shouldn't be driving. Period.

[Little_Kopit]

Johnny G1 wrote:

Little Kopit wrote:

08UltraRider wrote:

Little Kopit wrote:
Or, adapt to local conditions. I have been known to pull over on the side of the Trans Canada, when I needed to stop. & believe me, if you need to quit driving, I can't imagine any cop who would give you a ticket, for just pulling over out of the line of traffic.

If you're saying to pull over into the shoulder and park? I can't speak for out east but out here you won't get away with it! Emergency stopping only!

You won't get a ticket but you will be told to move on.

What is your specific? I cannot imagine a skilled, experienced policeman saying, keep driving and fall asleep at the wheel.

:C

Parking on the side of the road will not be tolerated most places by any Police as there is a lot of wide loads being moved, Just parking on the shoulder is not the smartest move in any body's mind, how many get killed or injured just changing a tire, there is lots of places anywhere in Canada to get off the road, Just my thought's from a long haul trucker.

So, then why oh why aren't the average citizens insisting on proper shoulders? It's your taxes, as well as mine. We should be able to keep ourselves safe. & mandatory to safe is safe shoulders!!!!!!

😞

[Johnny_G1]

Little Kopit wrote:

08UltraRider wrote:

Little Kopit wrote:
Or, adapt to local conditions. I have been known to pull over on the side of the Trans Canada, when I needed to stop. & believe me, if you need to quit driving, I can't imagine any cop who would give you a ticket, for just pulling over out of the line of traffic.

If you're saying to pull over into the shoulder and park? I can't speak for out east but out here you won't get away with it! Emergency stopping only!

You won't get a ticket but you will be told to move on.

What is your specific? I cannot imagine a skilled, experienced policeman saying, keep driving and fall asleep at the wheel.

:C

Parking on the side of the road will not be tolerated most places by any Police as there is a lot of wide loads being moved, Just parking on the shoulder is not the smartest move in any body's mind, how many get killed or injured just changing a tire, there is lots of places anywhere in Canada to get off the road, Just my thought's from a long haul trucker.

[Little_Kopit]

08UltraRider wrote:

Little Kopit wrote:
Or, adapt to local conditions. I have been known to pull over on the side of the Trans Canada, when I needed to stop. & believe me, if you need to quit driving, I can't imagine any cop who would give you a ticket, for just pulling over out of the line of traffic.

If you're saying to pull over into the shoulder and park? I can't speak for out east but out here you won't get away with it! Emergency stopping only!

You won't get a ticket but you will be told to move on.

What is your specific? I cannot imagine a skilled, experienced policeman saying, keep driving and fall asleep at the wheel.

:C

[08UltraRider]

Little Kopit wrote:
Or, adapt to local conditions. I have been known to pull over on the side of the Trans Canada, when I needed to stop. & believe me, if you need to quit driving, I can't imagine any cop who would give you a ticket, for just pulling over out of the line of traffic.

If you're saying to pull over into the shoulder and park? I can't speak for out east but out here you won't get away with it! Emergency stopping only!

You won't get a ticket but you will be told to move on.

[pigfarmer]

Thanks bcbouy, I'll look for camp free bc and mussio ventures. Sounds interesting

[bcbouy]

there's a book called camp free in bc.very good info for overnite stays.backroad mapbooks by mussio ventures is another.its my go to map book for exploring. everything worth seeing is listed as well as free camping,provincial parks,campgrounds,rv resorts etc. they have one for almost every area of western canada,yukon. you can camp on crown land as long as its not a permanent structure. a lot of free forest service campsites are just off the hiways. some have small fees,like 12 bucks or so. i've pulled up and overnited in the rest stops before. if you pull in late and leave early nobody bothers you .i've even overnited in the litter barrel pullins before. once i even pulled into a weigh scale station and overnited over in a far corner.you can probably do it at a truck stop if you wanted to.

[Firehawvvk]

pigfarmer, I'm not sure which section of the TCH you will be on when you go through Ontario but if you go around Lake Superior (which I highly recommend) they have some great Provincial parks. When we lived in MN we used to camp on the north shore every summer and we just loved Obatanga Provincial Park. Good luck and we'll look for you along the way this year as we are planning a trip to AK as well.

[Community Alumni]

Another vote for Allstays Camp & RV, it's all I ever use now.

[JaxDad]

Get Allstays Camp & RV, it shows public lands as well as lots of other services you might need if not staying in c/g's, things like dump sites and propane.

BTW, in case you don't already know, almost every place that has a municipal sewage treatment facility will let you dump there. In my experience it's usually free too.

[Little_Kopit]

I think you have the same idea of boondocking that I do and understand what that word means. Parking in parking lots of stores and truck stops is not boondocking, but urban parking. Yes, it is important to do so by times to get rest.

In many parts of Canada you can boondock. Newfoundland has more such places than most provinces. I can pick out those places in other provinces because I can recognize types of human usage, things that say there is no single property owner. I am much better at this in eastern Canada than in prairie or western areas, but I know they are there.

I've never googled up the words 'free camping', but I think there may be places to find this way.

:C