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Originally Posted by surferguy
We will be tenting. We will only be car camping.
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When looking at provincial sites, I'd suggest prioritizing places that have "walk in" only sites. To pick one example you can look up yourself, Lundbreck Falls. "Walk in" sites might mean you're as little as 10 feet (or maybe as many as 100) from your car, but it'll help put some distance between you and the RVs. RV folks by and large are fine, but I have stayed at places like Dinosaur Provincial Park and the hum from generators immediately adjacent on both sides was... not ideal.
Also, if you are in the market for a tent consider googling widely. Not all styles and features are readily available in North America or even locally. I love tents with "dark rest" bedrooms for when you want to sleep in, and if you've got kids there are tunnel designs that have bedrooms at opposite ends and a common space in the middle. My biggest tent is a Eurohike Sendero 8 XL. It was a pain in the *** to get it here but it occasionally goes on sale 50% off and even with shipping only paid about 2/3 of full retail. Yes it takes longer to set up than most other tents but I can do it myself if I need to. Also while the footprint is huge, the tunnel style means I can collapse ~1/3 of it to fit places like Two Jack Lakeside that have size restrictions.
Tent pegs - I went to Home Depot and bought a bundle of the largest concrete nails they sell and use those for car camping tent pegs. They've been brilliant in terrain that would turn ordinary pegs into paperclips instantly.
If you aren't already into rope, it's worth reading up on some of the differences between polypropylene, paracord, etc. Different tools for different applications.