There is a phenomenon in BC, Canada that not a lot of people know about. You can go camping for free in BC. You read that right. Camping for free.

There are many forest service roads throughout British Columbia, Canada. Some of these forest service roads were old logging roads that the province has fixed up. Most of the forest service road campsites are free or next to free and some of them you can overnight camp at. Some of them have campsites and at the campsites there are usually picnic tables. There are also outhouses at most of them. Now, you won't get showers or electricity at these sites but what do you expect for free.

Most of the forest service roads are located at a lake. There are signs explaining what you can or cannot do at these sites. For instance, at Pass Lake, you have to pack your own garbage back out with you and you can only fish with flies. Some of the camp lakes you can't bring a boat into and some of them you can't have a campfire at. You just have to read the signs and follow the directions.

The forest service roads allow us citizens of British Columbia to enjoy the wilderness without costing a fortune. Being from Ontario, originally, it takes sometime to get used to the idea that you can actually camp for free. Everything in Ontario costs money, everything and it sure is a nice change to actually get something for absolutely free.