Howonquet (Xaa-wan'-k'wvt) Village and Resort

Based on the roadside views, this park looks more like an old mobile home park then an RVpark or campground. Glad we didn’t book at this time as it looked sketchy at best to us. Here’s hoping they do a little upgrading at some point to make it more roadside appealing. This is why I won’t book campgrounds that don’t have pics on this app.

Cute desolate campground close to river. Abandoned hotel and shipwreck. Quaint walk along shore through blackberry bushes to harvest driftwood for fire, they do not sell firewood. Bathroom shower code 1120

Some friends of ours stay here a couple of months each summer to fish and enjoy the ocean weather.

Despite new ownership supposedly going through a renovation process, this is a very old and tired looking rv park. You have to drive through permanent trailers and mobile homes to get to the over night areas. Spaces are tight and crowded when we were there. Bathrooms and showers however were surprisingly clean and well maintained.

The light at the end of the tunnel is about a half dozen still usable spots at the very end, away from the main rv area, and right along the mouth of Smith River. Rough. Ours was not level at all and was tricky to get ourselves situated even with our little 16’ travel trailer. No sewer hook ups on these sites but the electricity and water worked. Also lots of foot traffic as many people make their way down from the main rv sites (and mobile home park?) to enjoy fishing and walking on the beach. But camping right above the water was pretty damn nice. Fresh ocean air, river otters, seals, birds, and we grilled fresh salmon our buddy caught just a couple hundred away from our campsite. Turned out to be a nice 3 days and as long as we can get the spot on the water again, we would come back.