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Category Archives: British Columbia

British Columbia can be viewed in four main camping areas. These divisions on TracksAndTrails are:

Coast Campgrounds
Northern Interior Campgrounds
Southern Interior West
Southern Interior East

Campgrounds in these camping areas can be viewed on our Free Camping Map where you can search for campgrounds near a city and click the location markers with free map directions links or information links. The TracksAndTrails Campground Map will display Provincial Parks, Recreation Sites and Private Campgrounds. I we are missing your favourite campground email us the information about it.

British Columbia has over 1000 Recreation Sites with Managed and Free or User Maintained Camping, over 800 provincial parks for hiking and more than 300 provincial parks campgrounds. Please leave your comments and questions on the information posts. Your backcountry intelligence will be valuable to other camping and backcountry enthusiasts. If you are new to BC Outdoors, your question may be answered by one of the many local visitors that peruse TracksAndTrails.ca

Hey Clayton

Your question regarding the development of BC Forest Service recreation sites across the province. In the history of the organizations, the BC Forest Service has been linked at times to BC Parks and BC Lands.

Many of the recreation sites were developed based on historical use, hunting camps, summer outings etc.

We also had a program before I joined the Forest Service in 1981, where we established UREP’s – Use, recreation and enjoyment of the Public Reserves throughout the province. These were established where we felt that we might have an interest in the future and the reserves established our “interest” in these sites and or locations.

Many of those have been developed – the UREP reserves were established on our behalf by the BC Lands, they were established under the Land Act reserve or notion of interest.

In later years many of the major forest tenures such as Tree Farm Licenses and Forest Licenses included development and maintenance of recreation sites, trails, bridges and so on.

 

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Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations – Part 2
27 Sep 2012

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations – Part 2

  • British Columbia
  • Canada
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  • Tracks And Trails Blog
Description of Spirit of 2010 Trail The Spirit of 2010 Trail is a network of five former rail corridors, approximately 800…
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Free Camping
27 Sep 2012

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations – Part 3

  • British Columbia
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Recreation Sites and Trails Staff
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Clayton Kessler
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Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations – Part 4
27 Sep 2012

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations – Part 4

  • British Columbia
  • Canada
  • Hiking Trails
  • Tracks And Trails Blog
Capital Improvement Program Recreation Sites and Trails:
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Clayton Kessler
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Free Camping
27 Sep 2012

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations – Part 5

  • British Columbia
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  • Tracks And Trails Blog
Mountain Pine Beetle
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Clayton Kessler
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Free Camping
27 Sep 2012

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations – Part 6

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Trail Initiatives 1. Provincial Recreation Trails Strategy
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Free Camping
27 Sep 2012

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations – Part 7

  • British Columbia
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Challenges 1. Operational funding for maintaining recreation sites and…
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  • About TracksandtrailsTracksAndTrails.ca welcomes you! The hiking trails and camping menu or the Search feature above will aid your exploration of hiking trails near your home or other outdoor adventures far away on any continent. Whether you surf through Canada’s National Parks and Rocky Mountains on this website or plan a spectacular backcountry trekking adventure, our hope is that TracksAndTrails.ca will help you discover The Way by bringing you closer to creation and aiding you in finding and enjoying your next adventure. There are many writers who contribute their experience and knowledge to TracksAndTrails.ca content. You can find out more about each article author by clicking the contributor link or original content link at the bottom of each post. For those who care to read on (Hi Mom) I will give my short bio version first and then the longer version via my interview answers that I sent to Frank at “Our Hiking Blog” further down. I’m Clayton Kessler, the webmaster of TracksAndTrails.ca. My love of the outdoors has grown from childhood experiences that began in the Kootenay area of British Columbia, Canada. Clayton Kessler When I was six years old, my parents purchased five acres of treed land and built a log home. Later,…
  • Campgrounds
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  • How to CampCamping in Canada for many Canadians is the key ingredient to a successful summer. Camping means something quite different to each individual depending on the tolerance level and ability to accept outdoor conditions of the individual. Financial capacity and willingness to bring the comforts of home to your outdoor adventure can also change a camping style. This means that there is a vast array of camping experiences available to you in Canada and if you are going “camping” with someone for the first time, you may want to ask questions and discover what “camping” means to the individual or group you are going to be sharing the outdoors experience with. I say this with a smile but it is also a grave safety concern. Many campers embark on a camping excursion unprepared and this unpreparedness can sometimes result in an array of negative experiences that may impact your impression of camping before you actually have a fair chance to enjoy camping. (If you live to tell about it) Before you say yes to joining a camping trip in Canada, find out the following: 1) Will you be hiking to a campsite with no facilities and carrying all of your own…

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