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Free camping and cell signal in Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma & Lake Superior
Where Crown land camping is allowed in Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma & Lake Superior, 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.
Open Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma & Lake Superior in the mapCan you camp on Crown land in Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma & Lake Superior?
Yes, on most of it. Canadian residents can camp free on Ontario's Crown land for up to 21 days at any one site in a calendar year; non-residents need a Crown land camping permit north of the French and Mattawa rivers. In Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma & Lake Superior the map shows which land is Crown (unpatented) and which is patented private land, plus provincial parks, conservation reserves and First Nation reserves, so you can tell a legal campsite from someone's property. Parks and protected areas here include BATCHAWANA RIVER , AUBINADONG RIVER , MONTREAL RIVER , GOULAIS RIVER , MICHIPICOTEN ISLAND 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 6% of Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma & Lake Superior for Telus and Bell, 6% for Rogers and Fido and 0% for Freedom. Telus / Bell reaches the most of this region. The region has 95 Telus/Bell, 62 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 Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma & Lake Superior
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Crown land near Lac Serviss · gravel road · 14.3 km from Chapleau · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Foot Lake · gravel road · 16.7 km from Chapleau · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Cachege Lake · gravel road · 14.4 km from Chapleau · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Wakagami Lake · gravel road · 12.7 km from Foleyet · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Libby Lake · gravel road · 12.5 km from Foleyet · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near First Creek · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Long Lake · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Round Lake · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Kichidabadik Inlet · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Hobon Creek · gravel road · 12.5 km from Goudreau · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
Logging and road access
The map shows which roads in Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma & Lake Superior are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads. Logging data for Ontario is not on the map yet.
Towns in this region include BLIND RIVER, HILTON BEACH, MARATHON, SAULT STE. MARIE, SPANISH, BRUCE MINES, THESSALON, ELLIOT LAKE.
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