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Do people living in Vancouver rent RVs and travel into the wilderness? Or is it just something tourists do? |
Travel Info How many cases of bear attacks on tourists are there in Canada? Do campers usually carry guns becasue of the pumas and grizzley bears? Travel Tips I lived on Vancouver Island for 12 years and not only do people use RV's to camp but a lot of people live in them full time. yes people on the west coast genaerally do a lot of camping. RV's are not the best for wilderness camping however because you'll be travelling a lot of logging trails etc. and the roads can be pretty bad and sometimes impassable if you meet a huge logging truck on the road. You're better off to use a four wheel drive with a truck camper on it or camp with a tent. There are grizzly bears on the mainland but not on Vancouver Island, however there are tons of black bear and cougars at both places. I have done tons of wilderness camping out there and have actually had run in's with both cougars and black bears. You have to take precausions in the wilderness. Do not store your food where you sleep or your vehicle, ( hang it in a tree or store it away from your campsite upwind ) burn and then bury scap food and burn any cans that contained food. There are very few bear and cougar attacks but they do happen, usually because they have been surprised or can smell food. Keep a radio going at night and a small fire going and if your hiking make noise. Keep some firecrackers in your tent to make noise if an animal comes into your site. ( it saved my butt a couple of times) There are very strict gun regulations in Canada as to carrying them and where you can shoot them. People do not generally carry guns unless they are hunting. You can pick up information on what to do if you encounter bear or cougars at any tourist bureau in BC or on their websites. Knowing what to do and using common sense will assure a safe camping trip. Source(s): 12 years of wilderness camping in BC. Other Travel Tips Yes people from Vacouver rent RV's and go camping, as someone who lived in that area, I never saw a puma or bear, well actually I've seen bears but they were on the side of the road walking. You don't rent a motor home and travel to the wilderness. You might want to rent a 4 wheel drive or better still shoulder a backpack and go backpacking. What about a canoe and or kayak now that's travelling into the wilderness. Horse back riding too. wow is that a serious question!!?? I'm not really into RVing, but I do camp a lot. Lots of people do RV, however it is pretty expensive to rent a RV, most people would just buy one. As for bear attacks on tourists, there are maybe at most 5 each decade for the entire country! No people don't carry guns!! Most people in Canada have never even seen a gun, much less own one. Mountain Lions are shy, you will probably never see one. It is very rare that they attack, however when they do it is usually small children not adults. With bears the you can reduce the chance of having problems if you lock up your food in the car, or RV, don't leave garbage around. Bears don't want to eat people, but they are attracted by food left out. If you are out in the forest, just make sure that you make noise- animals will avoid you. dont be scared man i went camping in bc for 1 month if your going to fish also clean them away from your site and dont cook close to your site keep all food in a cooler sealed tight spend the cash on a good cooler:) and if your scared still dont worry about the bears when you pee in the woods worry about cougers they f*** you up b 4 u even know what hit you. get some bear mace if you like and road flairs and always have a fire going. me pesonaly i only needed the fire going and i never saw a bear around our site. gl hf OK, first, Vancouver is a CITY - bears and mountain lions do not live in cities. I certainly wouldn't recommend renting a motorhome for visiting Vancouver if you are coming to see just the city. If you had renting a motorhome and travelling away from the city into the moutains.... maybe you might see one of those critters, but highly unlikely. Yes you can rent motorhomes for camping and travel, but from your question, it appears you need to do a bit more research on Vancouver and British Columbia, and Canada, as you don't seem to understand where you are coming to. |
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