EDMONTON — Some outdoorsy Canadians are planning to build their tents with elbows up this summer as the season unofficially kicks off this long weekend.
There are literally millions of acres of crown land available all over Ontario with thousands of old logging roads and gravel pits for parking and access
I don’t know about the other provinces but use the Ontario policy atlas to find it and go experience real camping.
That’s a very interesting idea. I camped on crown land (hike in) as a teen, but havn’t since then. I do both inland camping by canoe, and trailer camping on serviced sites. I hadn’t thought of boondocking on crown land - that is just a combination I didn’t realize was possible in Ontario (I know it’s common out west where you have open land). I guess it makes sense. I think it would definitely take some careful scouting to find places safe and well-graded enough to pull a camper trailer into.
I would do it, but I still think we need more serviced provincial parks because that’s what a lot of people are comfortable with, and with our land, why the hell not?
There are literally millions of acres of crown land available all over Ontario with thousands of old logging roads and gravel pits for parking and access
I don’t know about the other provinces but use the Ontario policy atlas to find it and go experience real camping.
That’s a very interesting idea. I camped on crown land (hike in) as a teen, but havn’t since then. I do both inland camping by canoe, and trailer camping on serviced sites. I hadn’t thought of boondocking on crown land - that is just a combination I didn’t realize was possible in Ontario (I know it’s common out west where you have open land). I guess it makes sense. I think it would definitely take some careful scouting to find places safe and well-graded enough to pull a camper trailer into.
I would do it, but I still think we need more serviced provincial parks because that’s what a lot of people are comfortable with, and with our land, why the hell not?