What are the best (English speaking) places to fuel vehicles and camp in Canada?
by admin on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 | 7 Comments
This fall we are moving to Alaska from Michigan. We will be driving through Canada and plan to camp each night. I expect our first fuel stop to be near Winnipeg. We need a scheduled fuel stop every 250 miles (270max). We will camp for the night after 8-12 hours of travel. We need safe, legal spaces that are open. We have two young (they will be 6 and 2 years) children. What do you suggest?
Is it legal to camp along the road? In the north west areas the distances between fuel stops apears to be long. Does each town along the way offer fuel?
They all speak English, but the French Canadians refuse to, I think they are in Quebec .
There are many many campgrounds along the transcanada highwway. you will not have any problem finding one every hour or so.
Well, the only french places in Canada are Quebec and New Brunswick (bilingual) I do not know if you need to cross through those provinces, however even if you need to, those provinces will speak english to you.
WIth regards to your legal concerns, I would not worry about it, Canada’s Gas Consumption is all controlled by government agencies that inspect all gas stations regularly. I live in East End Canada, Quebec, where it costs about, $1.20/litre, I am not sure how much a gallon that is, Maybe $2.30…not sure…sorry.
Canada is a very safe country with one of the lowest crime rates in the world and according to the United Nations, Canada is ranked 5th out of all 300 countries in the world in its desirability to live in. Western Canada is fairly quiet with few cities and the cities they do have have under 1 million people so they are very safe for the most part.
http://www.gasbuddy.com/
Here is a great website for Canada and the US to find gas stations along your way. Just enter the postal code or zip code for the place you are passing by.
It is illegal to camp along the road and dangerous for that as well, you must camp at a campground. Along all these towns, there will be gas stations.
Good Luck and Have a safe drive.
depends what route you’re taking. check out the provicial campgrounds in each province. they’re all kept clean and safe and have regular patrols. if you’re travelling during any type of holiday or long weekend though you will definitely need a reservation.
You’ll be travelling along the TransCanada higway from Winnipeg to Calgary and then up the Queen Elizabeth II from Calgary to Edmonton and up to Alaska.
There are a lot of campgrounds. You’d just have to search for them. It would depend on what route you are taking and when you are traveling.
http://www.northtoalaska.com/albertaRoute.aspx
Some people go from Calgary out to Banff and up through Jasper, Prince George, BC and up in order to see the mountains isntead of up to Edmonton but it does add miles on to the trip – gorgeous scenery though.
Gas prices change almost hourly. I wouldn’t depend on information now for a trip that’s going to happen in the future. Instead, plan your trip around memorable and exciting sites. Go through the rockies (Jasper and Banff are amazing and if you go through the icefields parkway, you can literally walk up and touch a glacier), pass by Drumheller, Alberta and see the Royal Tyrrell Museum (WAY COOL for kids! My two LOVED Drumheller when we went in the summer. More dinosaur things than you know what to do with!), go to Cypress Hills Provincial Park, the West Edmonton Mall, etc
BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are primarily English speaking provinces. You will find pockets of communities where people also speak other languages (French, Native languages, etc), but you shouldn’t find yourself in a town where you are completely foreign.
As for the distance in the northwest, there are signs telling you, “This is the last fuel stop for … kilometres” I’m not quite sure about camp grounds, but in case of emergency along the highways their is usually a motel at these stops. So, I wouldn’t worry too much about running out of gas, or being stuck in the middle of no where, as long as you pay attention to the signs.