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Clapperton Chain Up Rest Area

Highway 55 Coquihalla Highway Northbound km 417

Clapperton Chain Up Rest Area is a rest area on Highway 5 (Coquihalla Highway), British Columbia. It serves northbound traffic. It has washrooms, accessible washrooms and bear-proof garbage bins. There are no picnic tables.

At a glance

Season
Open year-round
Washrooms
Yes
Drinking water
Not recorded
Truck parking
Not recorded
Sani-dump
Not recorded

Where it is

5.1 km north of Merritt

Facilities

  • Washrooms
  • Accessible washroom
  • Bear-proof bins
  • Garbage bins

Not available here

  • No picnic tables

Toilet type: Pit toilets

Can I stay overnight here?

British Columbia: You may rest or sleep at a provincial rest area, but overnight camping is not permitted; the ministry discourages stays of more than eight hours.

  • This is a chain-up area, used to put on or take off tire chains in winter. Keep it clear for vehicles chaining up.

Signs at a rest area always override the general rule. Full rules and sources →

Along Highway 5

Toward Hope

Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Zopkios Rest Area 79 km

Toward Valemount

Next stop
Rest area near Nicola 0.4 km
Next washrooms
Rest area near Nicola 0.4 km
Next drinking water on record
None recorded
Next truck parking
Vinsulla Rest Area 117 km

Counts only stops a driver going that way can pull into, and only facilities recorded in our data; there may be others. Rest areas on British Columbia Highway 5 →

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Where this information comes from

  • Facilities: British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Transit (data as of September 28, 2026). Open Government Licence – British Columbia
  • Directory updated September 28, 2026.

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