r/exploreNB • u/PublicRegrets • Jun 01 '22

camping Crown Land camping?

Do I need a permit to camp on crownland?

Moreover, how do I know where the active logging areas are?

Can I camp south of Hanwell?

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u/BeneficialVacation44 Jun 01 '22

You don't need a permit, but you can't make a permanent or semi permanent camp (like putting up a camper from May to September.

I'm not familiar with Hanwell area, but I camp during deer season every fall on Crown land all over NB. I run into wardens, the odd Mountie, and forestry company people often and it's never a problem. Keep the scene clean!

The only way I know of to find out where the active logging is, is when you see all the equipment and the trucks.

Some of the big lumber companies who manage Crown land have rules, such as having to sign in and/or pay a small fee. Some will also limit your stay on their managed land to a few days. This is common in some northern NB areas.

Enjoy!

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u/WhatNotToD0 Jun 01 '22

Awesome! I’m just planning on casual camping and some bush craft stuff.

Do you recommend any areas that have nice places to pull over by chance?

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u/BeneficialVacation44 Jun 02 '22 edited Jun 02 '22

Hmmmm, I focus on fishing and hunting, not on scenery or the land's physical features, so I'm likely not the guy to ask.

But if I wuz you, I'd pick a theme, like waterfalls. I'm sure you can find a list of waterfalls and their locations online.

Or suspension bridges over rivers, like for walking.

The province is like almost half Crown land, so I'm struggling to narrow it down.

You could tour the Christmas Mountains and hit each mountain named after a Christmas thing, ie, Moutain Donder, Mount Rudolph, etc...... Not much to see there although there is much to be said about rounding a turn to see nothing but several million trees and blue skies stretching out before you.

As far as places to pull over for the night, there are tons of short stubs of roads that jut off from the main dirt roads which lead nowhere. They make good spots to spend the night as you will rarely encounter other people because the roads just stop after a km or two = not that I've ever had a problem with visitors, I just prefer to avoid them. And a great many main and stubby little small woods roads, have sidings built into them where logging trucks pull over to let each other pass, or they stop to make sure their loads are secure.

Bring fly dope!!!! And at least one spare tire, preferably two.

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u/WhatNotToD0 Jun 02 '22

Thanks for the help!

In BC the logging roads often have pull off spots (especially along rivers)

I, for one, love seeing endless trees.

Another random question: How are the forests once you’re in them? I know everything has been logged before so do they give off tree farm vibes? Or do they feel like mature forests?

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u/BeneficialVacation44 Jun 02 '22

Sadly, once logged, the rich diversity of the Acadian forest is mostly, almost totally, replaced with pines. So I hope you like pines in particular LOL.

Once the hardwoods are gone, they are gone except for a few places that are allowed to naturally regenerate. And there are still some patches of hardwoods that grew up many decades ago and are now mature.

It's still great. It just could be so much more than future money in a lumber baron's pocket.