I’m having a hard time finding a good online source for NTS maps. I know I once had a good source, but can’t find the site. Anyone have a good current source?
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I would use CalTopo where you can easily print out map sections at any scale and size that you want. You can add waypoints and other info before you print.
If you want full size copies of the old Canada Topo's the government no longer prints them but there are third-party services that can.
You can find a few of them on this page, pretty sure there are others.
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If you want full size copies of the old Canada Topo's the government no longer prints them but there are third-party services that can.
You can find a few of them on this page, pretty sure there are others.
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You might try this. They do have nts topo maps.
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Which ones are you looking for?
Try this one: https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/index/index_pdf/,and https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/canmatrix2/ You can download full maps and (maybe?) print them at a printer. A friend formats them for more reasonable printing in Photoshop.
Sample, 1:50,000, downloaded as .tiff.
I've had excellent service from GoTrekkers.
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World of Maps in Ottawa is great to deal with, great people and they ship all over.
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I just placed an order with GoTrekkers. I found their website a bit mystifying but finally got it. Their mailing address is Laronge and their office to pick up maps is in Missinipe. I could have stopped at both had I known when I did the Cree.
Im looking for the Armstrong 1:50,000 NTS map. Seems to be unavailable from World of Maps, Maptown, etc. Sad if paper topo map products are going away.
Not gone away just switched to Print On Demand, nobody wants to stock all 22,000 1:50 topos in pre-printed form. Even just the popular ones would be several thousand.
"Armstrong" is the name of the 1:250,000 topo map sheet 52J.
All 16 of the 1:50,000 topo map sheets in the 52J area - none of which is named "Armstrong" - are listed on the map world website here:
They are also available free online using the sites referenced by Mason above.
All 16 of the 1:50,000 topo map sheets in the 52J area - none of which is named "Armstrong" - are listed on the map world website here:
They are also available free online using the sites referenced by Mason above.
Yeah, it’s numbers 52, 53 in the Armstrong area
Yes, but here is the index for area 53. I can’t read a thing. Cross referencing to a legible map. 
Here’s what clicking a desired sheet (any sheet) returns.
Here’s what clicking a desired sheet (any sheet) returns.
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GoTrekkers has an Ontario base map that looks like this when zoomed in on the Armstrong area.
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Hope this helps.
If the Canadian topographic index map provided below is not detailed enough for you to find the map you wish to purchase, please Click here to view our extremely detailed Canadian topographic index map. This will open up a new webpage where you can identify the map you wish and will be able to return to this page and add the particular map(s) to your shopping cart.
Hope this helps.
You can download the Index Maps in multiple formats here:
open.canada.ca
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Topographic maps produced by Natural Resources Canada conform to the National Topographic System (NTS) of Canada. Indexes are available in three standard scales: 1:1,000,000, 1:250,000 and...
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I just used this provider. It was relatively easy and I could see the river and lakes , etc clearly.
world of maps came through by telephone. Index didn’t work on my Apple. I’ll definitely check out some other sites.
I’ll try with my laptop. Neither of my phone’s browsers will work on this link.
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