COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA
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The most detailed map available* does not show terrain
features smaller than a quarter mile. Aside from that, only
a few discrepancies were noted including – if the map
be believed – a river which flows uphill (King
Island, about Lat. 52° 17' N, Long. 126° 27' W).
Perhaps this can be attributed to wishful thinking by the
government's Department of Lands, Forests and Water
Resources.
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During my stay in Canada I was not molested by any large
animals, not even that most loathsome of predators –
the State bureaucrat. I camped out exclusively, both in the
wilderness and relatively settled areas.
I spent ten days on rough waters in a conspicuously small,
open and unlicensed boat and my only noteworthy contacts
were with a few passing fishermen who solicitously asked if
everything was all right. No Canadian equivalent of the
Coasf Guard ordered me off the water (During a one-day
tryout of the Folbot on Piru Lake, Calif., I was ordered
out for not having registration and local permit.)
While many Canadian laws and regulations are as onerous as
their U.S. counterparts ON PAPER, enforcement in an area
with a population of less than one person per square mile
presents something of a problem for even the most
determined power seekers.
The Canadian government will not sell outright any
waterfront land. This is to "preserve it for recreational
use", of course, and poses no problem for the libertarian
nomad who intends to be only a squatter.
* Bella Coola, RC, sheet 93D, second status edition,
1962, Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources,
Victoria, B. C, 60¢. Various maps and nautical charts
are also sold by Dominion Map Limited, 626 Howe Street,
Vancouver 1, B. C. Mail orders are accepted.
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