U.S. outdoor group’s application to use B.C. land sparks debate amid 51st state talk

Posted on September 14, 2025 by Wayne Hughes

A photo from the sky shows tree-covered moutains and blue waterways

People on Vancouver Island have been hotly debating an application from a U.S.-based organization that runs wilderness trips for a licence to camp on 77 parcels of Crown land on Vancouver Island and the Central Coast.