Not a good idea to go to the interior. A Coworker of mine was harrassed at a lake in Kamloops this week. He had his windshield smashed in when he was on the water. It all started with an argument with a local. He started out talking very friendly to my buddy but he turned very aggressive when he found oit my friend was from the Fraser valley.
Your friend view was I'm in the wilderness fishing.....the local view is these lands are my back yard.
Stay home.
But over all there are "locals" who are getting very possessive with rivers lakes and wilderness ( fishing hiking hunting )
Way before this Covid 19 ..was east of Prince George and got off the highway a bit to camp over night thus to avoid the costs of a motel.
Within an hour an RCMP cruiser said it was best not to camp here.
He explained recently a truck with a camper got like 10 or so bullet holes put into it in the middle of the night. No one hurt though think he said.
Times are changing from when I was a kid.
Ya could go all over BC and enjoy the outdoors.