The Rover-Landers of BC

Hi Guys,

I'm driving to Ontario from the Island this Sunday for my wedding, and I'll be doing the drive with my Cousin who's never seen the Rockies before. We'll have three dogs in tow and was hoping to stop over in the Rockies for at least a night but I have an aversion to Provincial/Federal campgrounds owing to the fact that my dogs are nuts.

Does anyone know of any "off the beaten path" campsites that would be convenient to stop at as part of a Trans Canada Highway trip? They don't have to have facilities to speak of - a lake or river and a quiet place to poo (for the dogs of course.. ahem!) would do just fine...

Cheers,

Dave

If you travel the trans-canada, you are pretty screwed in the "Rockies" as it is all parks wihout goign a fair way away from the highway. If you look one range west, you could find places. If you took the #3, it is pretty much wide open to camp anywhere with a tons of great trails, but you need to go off road. Anything accessible by a normal vehicle will have campsites and rules and lots of people.

Stay on Hwy #3, go north at Castlegar towards the Slocan, Silverton, Nakusp then east to revelstoke. Lots of forestry sites in the Slocan area. Plus the arrow lake area is incredible. 30 km east of Golden is the Beaverfoot, there are some rough camping spots in that direction. But like the previous post, this is very busy time in the Rockies.. it will be very busy.