This Sunday, March 15th, BC’s camping reservation system will open for the season. From Cultus Lake and Sasquatch Park to Liard River Hot Springs, Wells Gray, and Mount Fernie, you can start planning your summer of camper, trailer, and tent camping around our beautiful province.
BC Camping Reservations
The BC camping reservation system connects you with 115 front country campgrounds in 99 provincial parks.
New for the 2015 camping season, families can now reserve campsites in Summit Lake, Juniper Lake, Whiskers Point and Kootenay Lake provincial parks. More campsites are also available in Mount Robson and Kentucky Alleyne provincial parks.
This year, Haynes Point and Okanagan Falls provincial parks are being managed by the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB). Campers to these Interior parks can expect the same recreational opportunities enjoyed previously. The Province and OIB are working to have both parks open April 1, 2015, for the camping season, and for Haynes Point to be on the Discover Camping system. The campground at Okanagan Falls remains first-come, first-serve.
Starting at 9:00am on March 15th, you can call 1-800-689-9025 or visit the Discover Camping website to book your exact campsite. You can make your reservations up to 3 months in advance of your arrival date. Up to three reservations can be made in one transaction for those looking to book more than one camping excursion.
If you’re looking to stay close to home, here are the closest BC Parks available for camping, within a 90 minute drive of Vancouver: Sasquatch Park; Golden Ears; Cultus Lake; Rolley Lake; Porteau Cove; Alice Lake.
You can read about more camping locations (from all parks services) in this post, and click here to find out about camping in north west Washington State.
The spirit of one of our favourite getaway destinations is coming to town as over 30 unique exhibitors from Salt Spring Island’s creative communities participate in the second annual Salt Spring in the City at Heritage Hall.
Salt Spring in the City
Salt Spring in the City returns Friday, March 27th until Sunday, March 29th with jewelers, potters, clothing designers, painters, wine-makers, candle-makers, cheese-makers, preserve-makers, woodworkers, sculptors, writers, musicians, and even poets.
Salt Spring Island is the largest of the Gulf Islands, located between the mainland and Vancouver Island, and it is known for its artist community. This event is a unique opportunity to pick up your favourite items from the island, and shop for some amazing finds.
Heritage Hall (3102 Main Street) will be open on for Salt Spring in the City on Friday, March 27th from 4:00pm to 9:00pm; Saturday, March 28th from 10:00am to 6:00pm, and on Sunday, March 29th from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Admission is $3 for adults, and $1 for kids — with partial proceeds going to Save-On-Meats’ Sandwich Token Program, which helps those in need. For more information visit the event website or check out Salt Spring in the City on Facebook.
Win An Amazing Gift Basket
As a proud media partner of the event, I have a gift basket to give away, filled with a bounty of goods from Salt Spring in the City exhibitors and valued at over $500! Here’s what is included:
Cherry Blossom Hoodie
Salt Spring Tweed cuff wristlet set
End of Her Rope Accessories necklace
Two Monkey Designs wooden toy and toque
Salt Spring Kitchen Company jam
Salt Spring Cheese
Bite Me Treats cookies
Zandra Stratford Painting 16×16
Julie Mackinnon Ceramics cup and saucer
Harosef Designs Love Tote
Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment naming an exhibitor at the 2015 show (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
Follow Salt Spring in the City on Twitter and Facebook for more information. The winner must be able to pick up the gift basket at the event, tickets are included in the prize. Prize cannot be exchanged for cash value. I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Monday, March 16, 2015.
Update The winner is Ramona!
During March and April I will be featuring a Cherry Blossom Photo of the Day, sourced from the Miss604 Flickr Pool and/or the #Photos604 tag on Instagram. You can barely walk a full block in the city without encountering a photographer capturing this pink blooms — or stopping yourself — so it’s the perfect time to start this series. Enjoy!
View more photography posts on Miss604 along with the Vancouver Photos of the Week – and be sure to tag your photos with #Photos604!
Your spring cleaning efforts this season can help benefit Canuck Place Children’s Hospice as they host a clothing and textiles drive this week in Abbotsford and Vancouver.
Stop by the Canuck Place Clothing Drive at these locations:
Canuck Place Abbotsford
32772 Marshall Road
Monday, March 9th to Friday, March 13th
From 9:00am to 5:00pm all week
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Canuck Place Vancouver
1690 Matthews Avenue
Friday, March 13th – ONE DAY ONLY
From 8:00am to 5:00pm
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Drop off your unwanted clothing, textiles and footwear — in any condition — at both hospice locations and help raise funds for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice at the same time. The goal is to collect 10,000 pounds of clothing and textiles.
Accepted Donations include:
- Used clothing and textiles in any condition
- Rain jackets and outerwear
- Linens and table cloths
- Towels, pillows and quilts
- Leather clothing, handbags and belts
- Shoes, runners, skates and rubber boots
Canuck Place Children’s Hospice provides innovative, holistic clinical care with compassion through our hospices, in hospitals and communities in BC and the Yukon. They provide respite, family support, pain and symptom management, end-of-life care and bereavement services to newborns, children, youth and their families living with progressive life-threatening conditions.
Follow Canuck Place on Facebook and Twitter for more information about ways to give.
The Rio Theatre is cranking out hits from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s for March’s Friday Late Night series. Tickets are available online in advance or at the door for $8 or $6 if you come in costume for the midnight shows. These 19+ screenings can be complimented with a beverage from the theatre’s full service bar as you enjoy a night out with friends.
Friday Late Night Movies at the Rio Theatre
Friday, March 13, 2015
Friday the 13th (Sean S. Cunningham, 1980 / DCP)
The original Friday the 13th. On the big screen. On Friday, March 13. That’s so meta! (Or something.) Also, Kevin Bacon. Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child’s drowning. Also starring Betsy Palmer.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997 / DCP)
Director Barry Sonnenfeld’s sci-fi comedy based on the hugely popular comic book was one of the biggest blockbusters of the 1990s, thanks in no small part to the unusual (yet totally perfect) pairing of Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith. Also starring Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rip Torn, and Tony Shalhoub. A streetwise NYPD detective joins a secret organization that polices extraterrestrial affairs on Earth.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Reality Bites (Ben Stiller, 1997)
Director Ben Stiller’s Reality Bites has taken on a life of its own since its release in 1994, becoming a beloved cult-classic touchstone for anyone who came of age (or didn’t) during the 1990s. Starring Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Stiller, and Steve Zahn. Generation X Graduates face life after college with a filmmaker looking for work and love in Houston.
Miss604 is a media partner of the Rio’s Late Night Movie series.
The Rio Theatre is an independent art and movie house located at 1660 West Broadway, at Commercial Drive, and is easily accessible by transit. Follow along on Facebook and Twitter for more film screenings, comedy showcases, and special event information.
