Canda RV Parks and Fshing

pigman1 wrote:
In 2006 we took our first driving trip to Alaska and thought the Canadian Provincial Parks would make great stops. WRONG. Every park we stopped at had either polluted water, dumps inop, broken down campsites, tables, and toilets, but the rangers were Johnny-On-The-Spot to collect their fees, in some cases before we even got the RV fully pulled into the site. We finally found the reason in a pamphlet at one park. It stated that Canadian Provincial Parks were only open to generate funds for the province. Not display or promote Canada or the province, not preserve wild spaces or wildlife, and not to promote healthy outdoors living and recreation, ONLY TO GENERATE FUNDS FOR THE PROVINCE. After reading that, everything we experienced became very clear. We have since driven through Canada to Alaska 8 more times and have NEVER stayed in a provincial park again. Their choice on how they run their parks and my choice where I stay...Easy ! ! ! BTW, fishing in Alaska is to die for.

Many Canadian provincial parks in more remote locations offer a pay per use parking spot only. We actually prefer that kind of site. They can be reasonably priced for what you get, like some US NPS parks. Kinda depends on where you stop, or plan to stop. There are some really nice stopovers in northern BC and the Yukon. I don't know what they're priced at now, but when we did the AlCan HWY #97 in 2016, they were between $12 and $20 a night. No facilities except maybe pit toilets, but the scenery and the campsites we saw were neat and tidy and easy to get into and out of. If we had been towing it would have been different, but we weren't. If they ever open up the parks again, try Muncho Lake PP in northern BC. There's a nice campground called "Strawberry Flats" that is beautiful and located right on the lake. IIRC it only has back in sites, so if you're towing, be aware.