Discover Camping

• Frustrations still reported as B.C.’s new camping reservation website goes live

  The new portal, which will operate through the BC Parks website, replaces the older Discover Camping website, which faced frequent complaints about being unstable and confusing.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2022
  
• B.C. launching new camping reservation website in March

  BC Parks says it is launching a new camping reservation system in response to "visitor feedback" collected over the past two seasons.

  Environment

  Jan 28, 2022
  
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• BC Parks announces cash for Sun-Oka Provincial Park near Penticton

  BC Parks said a record 3.1 million campers stayed in provincial parks during the 2021 season, making the new investments possible.

  Environment

  Oct 5, 2021
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• B.C.’s ‘locals first’ camping season will depend on the honour system

  B.C.'s environment minister said building an address verification step into the camping reservation website would have required building a new app or breaking a contract.

  Environment

  Feb 26, 2021
• Coronavirus: Free day passes now required for six popular B.C. parks

  Launched Monday, the province wants to help slow the spread of COVID-19, though the Ministry of Environment has said it’s also being tested as a crowd-management tool.

  Environment

  Jul 27, 2020
• B.C.’s Golden Ears Park campground is 100% reserved. So why are so many sites empty?

  On paper, all of Golden Ears Park's camp sites are spoken for, but many of the popular campground's sites were vacant Thursday.

  Jul 16, 2020
• COVID-19 reignites debate over B.C.’s reservation-only campsites

  B.C.'s push to local camping as a summer option is renewing the controversy over reservation-only campsites.

  Politics

  May 15, 2020
• B.C. adds nearly 600 new campsites in provincial parks and recreation sites

  Metro Vancouver's popular Golden Ears campground is getting 60 new sites alone.

  Environment

  May 23, 2019
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• Can’t reserve a campsite on B.C.’s booked-out online system? There’s an app for that

  Having trouble finding a campsite through B.C.'s sold-out reservation system? There's an app for that

  Jul 4, 2017
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• B.C. campground complaints prompt change for 2017

  Changes are coming to BC parks camping reservation system. Beginning in 2017, the mid-March opening day for reservations will be scrapped and the three month rolling reservation window will be extended.

  Consumer

  Nov 8, 2016