Monashee Country: Gold Panner Campground, Cherryville BC

Forget the polished, wine-sipping crowds of downtown Kelowna. If you drive east on Highway 6 past Lumby, the air gets thicker, smells sharper of pine resin and woodsmoke. You’re entering Cherryville, a rugged patch of Monashee country where the cell signal starts to fade, and the real British Columbia begins.