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By Islomaniac | June 28, 2007
Tired of wishing you could stay on a private island, but discouraged by the high prices? If so, I have come up with a somewhat inventive solution...well one that doesn’t involve illegally staying on other people’s private islands…including mine.
Believe it or not but may national, state and provincial parks have islands within their territory that guests are welcome to stay on. Naturally you have to pay whatever admission/camping fees that are associated with entry but other than that there are no sur-charges for staying on their islands. Please be advised though that many parks have restrictions on where campers are allowed to pitch tents, so please follow the rules as there is often a good reason why certain areas are restricted. Click below to see some national parks with islands that you can stay on!
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I did a little research and found a few parks with small islands that are available for campers. The St Lawrence Islands National Park in Ontario, Canada has a number of islands that campers can stay on. This park is Canada’s oldest national park and is home to 20 islands. Two islands that campers are allowed to stay on are Endymion Island and Leek Island.
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Heading south one could camp at Channel Island National Park in California for just $15.00 a night. An interesting fact about the islands is that they are home to the oldest dated human remains in North America—Arlington Springs Woman (13,000 BP)
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There are many many more parks that have small islands available to campers and/or day trippers. Check out your favorite local park and you may be surprised just how affordable your private island style stay can be.
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