CJ Sommerfeld
Staff Writer

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Serer wrapping up and the Delta variant is swirling, so what better way is there to avoid the crowds and give your soul a little TLC
than head out into the bush for a last camping trip or two? | recently found a river-front spot not too far of a drive out of the city, that—
unlike most BC Parks camping sites—was incredibly vacant. September is on the horizon but remember: we were handed the Junuary
card a few months back, so my fingers are crossed that this summer heat lingers early into October, and we have a few more weeks of

camping weather.

  

Location

49°05'30.0” N 121°36'40.4" W is located in Chilliwack, just off
Chilliwack Lake Road, along the Nesakwatch Creek Forest Service
Road.

Accessibility from the city

Service Roads are often pothole-encased and require a 4X4 to
navigate—but this spot, fortunately, does not fit said description.
49°05'30.0” N 121°36'40.4”" W is only a 15-minute drive into
Nesakwatch Creek Forest Service Road, so if you do not have a
4X4, no worries, you will still be able to make it. Not to mention, it
is only a two-kilometre drive, even if you drive super slowly, it won't
take you much time at all.

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Cost

Since this camping spot is just off a service road—and is not a
designated camping site—there is not a nightly fee. This also
means that there is no reservation system—which has both its pros
and cons. You really do not know if this space will be available until
you arrive, however, if someone snags it before you do, there are
quite a few spaces all along the river that you could instead stay
in. But remember: no nightly fee also means that the space is not
maintained by anyone other than those who use it, and that makes
it that much more important to leave the space cleaner than when
you arrived.

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