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Free camping and cell signal in Northeast Alberta: Athabasca & Lakeland

Where Crown land camping is allowed in Northeast Alberta: Athabasca & Lakeland, where you'll still have signal to work or call for help, and what's on the road in: logging, surface and parking. One map, saved to your phone for use with no signal.

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26recreation sites, 26 campsites
106remote spots with signal
260licensed cell sites
40parks and protected areas

Can you camp on public land in Northeast Alberta: Athabasca & Lakeland?

On public land in Alberta's Green Area, yes: random camping is allowed for up to 14 days in one spot, not within 1 km of a provincial park or recreation area, and a Public Lands Camping Pass is needed along the Eastern Slopes. The White Area is mostly private farmland. In Northeast Alberta: Athabasca & Lakeland the map shows the Green and White Areas, parks, First Nation and Métis land, recreation areas and where a camping pass is required. Parks and protected areas here include Crow Lake Ecological Reserve, Hondo Natural Area, Athabasca Dunes Ecological Reserve, Harper Creek Natural Area, La Saline Natural Area and more; camp only in their designated sites.

Where will I have cell signal?

Coverage in the backcountry follows the valleys and the highways. Using every licensed cell site and a terrain model of where each one can reach, the map estimates that a clear line of sight to a site covers about 8% of Northeast Alberta: Athabasca & Lakeland for Telus and Bell, 6% for Rogers and Fido and 0% for Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 176 Telus/Bell, 84 Rogers/Fido and 0 Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.

Remote spots with signal in Northeast Alberta: Athabasca & Lakeland

Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.

  1. Clausen's Landing Remote · road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  2. Christina River Remote · road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
  3. Crow Lake Walk-in Tenting · road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
  4. Crown land near Lawrence Lake · gravel road · 38.1 km from Athabasca · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  5. Crown land · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  6. Crown land near Tieland · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  7. Crown land near Lawrence Lake · gravel road · 35.5 km from Athabasca · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  8. Crown land · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  9. Crown land · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell
  10. Crown land · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido

Logging and road access

The map shows which roads in Northeast Alberta: Athabasca & Lakeland are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads. Logging data for Alberta is not on the map yet.

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