[walrus01]

From the 2.5m remaining after you have subtracted Vancouver and the Fraser valley, now subtract the populations of nanaimo, Victoria, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nelson, osoyoos, Whistler, Campbell River, Prince George, fort St John, nelson and just about every other town that is big enough to have a few bank branches... The remaining rural area outside of any city limits is REALLY sparsely populated.

[cmrdporcupine]

All this is true, but this is right outside Valemount and near Jasper National Park and in an area where there is a whole bunch of hiking, backcountry nordic and alpine heli-skiing and snowmobile tourism. It's not really the most remote part of B.C. Highway 16 isn't even that far away.