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BC Resource Roads

If you're new to exploring in BC, here's where you start.

There's a few different categories of roads in this province, and distinguishing between those classifications will help you navigate your way through thousands of kilometers of forest roads. Top Notch Navigator not only shows these roads, but color codes them to make them easy to pick out. Understanding these will help the end user choose the best route when they reach that fork in the road. 

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Knowing what kind of road you're on is a good start, but newcomers should still know the initial safety protocols. If you're new to driving resource roads, check the link below!

Resource Road User Safety Guide


Backcountry Communications

This topic has been covered in full detail by the 4WD Association of BC

  • Buying a Used Radio
  • Resource Road Radios
  • Amateur Radios
  • License-Exempt Devices
  • Satellite Communications

Forest Service Road Conditions

Each Natural Resource Region manages its own district for current conditions and closures. Check the links below for your area.

100 Mile House Campbell River

Cariboo-Chilcotin Cascades

Chilliwack Coast Mountain

Fort Nelson Haida Gwaii

Mackenzie Nadina

North Island - Central Coast Okanagan/Shuswap

Prince George Quesnel

Rocky Mountain Sea to Sky

Selkirk Sunshine Coast

Skeena Stikine South Island

Stuart Nechako Thompson Rivers


Gate Buddy by 4WDABC


The Four Wheel Drive Association has hosted a free, publicly available application that allows users to map and provide info on gates around the province. Most of the submitted data is for Southern Vancouver Island, and they even have included some gate data from the Mosaic Forest Management land base. If you don't want to be caught off guard at the end of the road, this is worth having on hand. 


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