Thanks for Bear heads up, book, and recommend for forestry sites. I'm in
Princeton, and hope to find a site for the night. Provincial or not.

Thanks!

Neil.

On 8/13/07, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Neil, Dottie and I just finished a big loop from Vancouver and
> managed to see quite a few of the forestry campsites in the
> caribou/chilcotin regions (and a few on the Island too).
>
> The places we stayed were all nice, most of the time we were the only
> ones there.  Just bring your own toilet paper and bug spray, and
> watch for bears.  We had a black bear come within 10 feet of our van
> one evening at dusk at a campsite between Quesnel and Wells.  We made
> some noise and he (or she?) ran away.
>
> --
>
> We didn't get near Salmon Arm so we can't give you advice for that
> area of BC, however, this book was helpful for us.
> http://www.hikingcamping.com/camp_bc.php
>
> You can also get free info from government websites, assuming you can
> find Internet.  Most places we were didn't even have cellphone
> service.
>
> -p
>
>
> >Hi all.
> >
> >Am heading up to Salmon Arm area to try out some B.C. forestry service
> >sites. Got me one of them Provincial Forestry maps. We'll see what
> >sites are still open etc. Have only tried one forestry site before.
>

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