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Dump is easily accessible at the side of the property with a perfect slope for good drainage. Water fill is located at the building and clearly marked next to the air fill.This is the only dump station in town that is not connected to an RV Park.

It is also the last dump station I was able to find traveling north until Beaver Creek near the US border. In Beaver Creek, you can dump at Beaver Creek RV Park for $5 and fill water for $2.50. Note the government campgrounds do not have dump stations and both Cottonwood RV park and Destruction Bay Lodge RV Park north of here do not allow you to dump unless you stay at their campground.

You can access this dump station from either direction as there are 2 dump ports to choose from. Completely free with rinse water at the dump and a fresh water fill station.

There is a Visitor Centre in town on the main drag - look for the giant cross country skis! Also the municipal campground at the other end of town has beautiful forested rustic sites by the river for just $15 per night.

An RV friendly community that loves and welcomes RVers! Thank you 100 Mile House!

Sites are reasonably well spaced in a pretty forest setting with a choice of back in and pull-through sites. Choose your electric hookups, priced accordingly: 15 amp, 30 amp, 50 amp and non-electric sites. We paid $33 for 15 amp service. Non electric sites were $28, 30 amp was $35.

Easy walking distance to the hot spring pools. Guests of the campground get a 20% discount on the hot springs ($10 instead of $12) and 15% discount on the Yukon Nature Preserve (just under $20 pp for the bus tour).

Water available by the office. Garbage and recycling as well. Pay showers available in a private bathroom located the office building ($1 per 1 minute), shared with the hostel.

There was a black bear hanging around the campground – we were there 2 nights and he made an appearance both nights including 30 feet away from our camper. Other campers set off loud poppers attempting to scare the bear away.

No AT&T signal, Bell Canada was good. Campground WIFI slow but moderately useful though you had to log in again every 20 – 30 minutes.

Sanidump located beside the main office building, just inside the entrance to the property. You can pay them directly if they are there or leave cash in a pay box outside the office if they are not there.

Driveway loops around the building so you can line up to dump. There is a spigot for fresh water fill by the building with a hose to reach the asphalt about 20 feet away.

Possible vehicles might be in the way - there was a truck blocking access to line up but a man came and moved it right away so it was no problem

Port Alberni knows how to be RV friendly: free dump station right in town, just a short drive off the main highway. No separate fresh water fill but good water pressure for rinsing and a long hose so you can spray mud off your wheel wells while you are there.

Good grading at the dump for drainage and lots of space to drive in and out.

Large gravel parking lot directly across the street has no signage prohibiting overnight parking. We did not stay overnight but it appears you could. Adjacent to some grassy areas and not right on the main drag though there is traffic in the area.

Campground and beach area are located together which means most campers walk to the beach. As such, parking areas for the beach are smaller but seemed adequate on a weekday in July. Can’t speak for the weekends.

There are two main beach areas separated by a large, grassy, shady park space that is lovely for relaxing or walking your dog. The east beach is dog-free while the west beach is the dog beach. The west beach is actually nicer and goes on a ways with ample tree cover – a really pretty spot that reminded me of Florida. You can easily walk through the park from one beach to the other.

Beaches are pebbly and water was murky with algae and debris but still swimmable. If you prefer calm clear water and sandy beaches, try Port Burwell.

Campground has tree cover but seemed sunnier overall. Ample sites available even in summer you shouldn’t need a reservation during the week. Comfort stations with showers, some electric sites and a sani-dump station.

Decent cell signal in the park.

One exit south of Porteau Cove Provincial Park is an exit for a paved parking lot (no camping signs) on the east side of hwy 99. There are 2 boondock areas here that are not the parking lot. Cross the bridge over hwy 99 to the west side and continue straight on the hard packed dirt road that leads immediately to a large, sunny clearing where you can camp. The road continues into the woods and dead-ends at a shady wooded site where there is a popular trail that leads to rocky overlooks of Howe Sound. This area is accessible to 2wd vehicles but I recommend you scope it out current conditions on foot first (park in the parking lot). There are more roads to explore on foot or by ATV and a couple abandoned vehicles in the area.

On the west side, a short, moderately steep gravel road extends from this lot to a larger clearing in the woods where you can camp - 4x4 definitely recommended to get up this road. There is a metal gate but it was open when we were there. The clearing unfortunately has been used for dumping – there were multiple large piles of construction type garbage around the perimeter of the clearing. Nevertheless we were able to find a garbage free area to camp. There is a previously “paved” road that leads steeply up the mountain on this side to a couple more camping spots. The road was disintegrating and overhung by many low branches. It crosses a bridge over a beautiful rushing mountain stream – great place to go for a hike.

Highway noise is audible from the site but not bad. Cell signal was good being close to the highway. If you go one exit north, enter the left turn lane to go to Porteau Cove Provincial Park to access their free day use area. You can explore the shoreline a short ways and also access their flush toilets and water spigot. They have a dump station in the campground past the gate but would not allow us to use it as we were not camping there, even when we offered to pay the $20 walk-in camping fee (no RV sites were available). Closest dump appeared to be Alice Lake Provincial Park just north of Squamish where you can dump for $5. Dump stations in Squamish at the Canadian Tire and Car Wash both closed by the town.

First the positives: this park has a gorgeous sandy beach and a long oceanside boardwalk which is perfect for going for a walk and enjoying the beach. It was worth going for that. My site at the back of the campground was pretty and private surrounded by beautiful forest. I was able to walk from my campsite to the beach area and back along pretty forest trails that were easy to decipher from the map they gave me when I arrived.

Now the negatives: I chose to camp in the non-electric section at the back of forest area which is a bit up the hill from the highway. Little did I know that I would have almost no cell signal at my campsite after having decent cell signal on the road. Grrrr.

In the morning, I walked down to the shower building to shower and there was a line up of 4 people ahead of me because only one shower stall was working. Of course when I finally got in the shower, the water was cold. Also the shower building is rustic (rather yucky) and could have been cleaner.

The water around the campground had some kind of chemical contamination so it was not potable. Happily there was potable water at the shower building and a spigot where you could hook up your hose that could potentially reach to where you could park your rig to fill up.

Of course there were water and electric sites available but they were all jammed together in an open area with no privacy. Price of $27 was for non-electric while electric sites are about $36.

Beach camping area was super crowded even on a weekday in September. I would have enjoyed the water but not the crowds, though if I had known there was no cell signal up the hill, I would have camped at the beach. I imagine in peak season it is completely full all the time.

Sites located off this road are a 1/4 to 1/2 mile apart and vary in RV accessibility: some are definitely for tents only, others you can back an RV into them. Most are fairly shaded, I believe site 5 or 6 had some decent sun and was RV accessible. Old Cherry Mountain Road is a hard packed gravel road plenty wide enough for one vehicle and with multiple pull offs for passing. Beware that the road slopes off fairly significantly into ditches on either side much of the time: if an oncoming vehicle approaches at the wrong time, someone may have to back up.

No cell service at all on the mountain, even with my booster. However, just 12 miles south is the AMC Highland Centre at Crawford Notch. They have a visitor centre with free WIFI for the public and a comfy seating area. They also have restrooms, garbage collection, cafeteria style restaurant and small gift shop. You can buy a week long day use visitors pass for the White Mountains here for I think $10.

Sites were not entirely clean - previous campers had left several piles of toilet paper and excrement on the site and some garbage. Yuck!

Even so, I loved my stay here: so much to see and do in the White Mountains - plenty of mountain hiking trails and various attractions like the huge Mount Washington. In Fraconia Notch, I enjoyed and recommend the Flume Gorge trail plus gondola up Cannon mountain - they had a combo ticked for this one. The Basin also in Fraconia is a beautiful series of cascades and it is free too! In the Crawford Notch, Mount Wiley rewards with a stellar view for an easy 3 mile round trip hike.

A narrow peninsula juts into Osoyoos Lake right in the town of Osoyoos with 41 campsites, most of which are waterfront. There is no electricity and no water hookups, but water spigots, pit toilets, garbage and recycling are located in the campground. No dump station either but no problem as there is a free city dump in town and a pay dump at the nearby Husky gas station too.

Sites are level with a gravel base and a pretty stained-wood picnic table. Most sites have direct access to the lake. Gorgeous views in every direction between the lake, the town and the surrounding hills. Sites 39 – 41 are on a narrower section of the peninsula, with no other sites directly across the street, so you have more privacy and even better views there.

There is a beautiful day use area with a large parking area where you could turn around plus multiple picnic tables, pit toilets, water, garbage and recycling. Day use is free so even if you can’t or don’t want to camp here, it is a beautiful place to come for a few hours or spend the day.

It can be windy here being exposed on the lake: try to come on a less windy day if possible. Great place for bird watching: I saw California Quail, Mallard Ducks, Loons, Mergansers and Golden Eagle soaring overhead.

Excellent cell signal for me on AT&T accessing the Rogers network.