Maps... I like maps.

[Patrick Corry]

Searching for a long time, I finally found this on eBay. Created by Augustus Phillips of Northeast Harbor, Maine, who made a business of tourist oriented maps and postcards of Maine primarily. Having paddled the Allagash several times spanning 1967 to the present, this one reminds me of great times with my early pals and my son. I made the frame from re-purposed pine salvaged from my farmhouse kitchen which I remodeled a couple of years ago, with a shadow frame on the outside made from an off cut when creating new Spruce inwales for a current 1938 Old Town canoe restoration. I hung it today just in time to impress Santa!

Share your maps please.

 

[samb]

Maps are good. I had my WCPP topo maps about four months before I left the UK for Canada. I had lots of imagining to!

Sam

 

[scoutergriz]

I still have a tube full of my dad's old patrol maps, some date back to WWII and still have the "restricted Ministry of National Defence" labels on them and include many of his notes on undeveloped backcountry campsites and proposed portages

 

[Gamma1214]

I've always intended to frame the overview map of each route I've taken but I haven't done so yet. I'll need more wall space than I currently have but should remedy that in the next few years.

In the meantime, there are always maps (currently for Wabakimi & a local hiking trail) on the coffee table.

 

[Robin]

Nicely done Patrick,


I have these two maps on the door and wall of my shop, when I find myself dreaming of trips I’d like to take, NW Ontario and the North Maine Woods are just a few feet away.

 

[Erica]

Searching for a long time, I finally found this on eBay. Created by Augustus Phillips of Northeast Harbor, Maine, who made a business of tourist oriented maps and postcards of Maine primarily. Having paddled the Allagash several times spanning 1967 to the present, this one reminds me of great times with my early pals and my son. I made the frame from re-purposed pine salvaged from my farmhouse kitchen which I remodeled a couple of years ago, with a shadow frame on the outside made from an off cut when creating new Spruce inwales for a current 1938 Old Town canoe restoration. I hung it today just in time to impress Santa!

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I have scads of maps, drawers full of maps, but none are beautifully framed or mounted. I have to spread them out on the floor for reminiscing or future planning. I mourn the decline of paper maps and am happy to see yours so handsomely displayed.

 

[ABT]

They’re not framed, but I have a couple posted in my shop with my canoes and their related stuff. Sorry for the poor pics, just snapped quickly on my way through this morning.

1) Missouri state parks and historic sites.
2) Ozark National Scenic Riverways (this is the traditional pamphlet that the park puts out with float times, etc., for two decades that same pamphlet is all I remember using to plan trips. Now we use other resources but usually still take one of these to keep up with where we are on the river with no cell service.
3) Rapids of the St. Francis. Since it’s Missouri’s main whitewater river, this map is made by Missouri Whitewater Association and describes all of the main rapids, things to look out for, and the main lines through each.

 

[recped]

One of my favourite maps is the Surficial Geology Map of Canada

https://ostrnrcan-dostrncan.canada.ca/entities/publication/0bddaa23-9445-4156-a541-8bab8de689fc

It's a very large file (pdf) to download

I find it very useful to determine the surface geology of any area you are planning to visit be it exposed rock, eskers & moraines, glacial till etc.

It's also very colourful and just cool to look at.

Here is a section that includes Wabikimi and surrounding area.

 

[Pseudonym]

Most of the ceiling in my workshop is covered in various maps. I even have the same modern North Maine Woods map as Patrick and Robin.

 

[Erica]

Most of the ceiling in my workshop is covered in various maps. I even have the same modern North Maine Woods map as Patrick and Robin.
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Why is there a table on your ceiling? I could do this in my bedroom. On the ceiling.

 

[Benson Gray]

I love old maps as well. My favorite one on the wall is an Osgood Carleton map of Maine from circa 1802. This is mounted behind glass so it doesn't photograph well. The first link below shows it much better than I can. There is a huge amount of detail along the coast but it gets increasingly vague as you move inland. The border with Canada was still undefined so it shows a range of mountains that don't exist. There is a note above Moosehead lake saying "Here has been discovered a very extensive Lake but it has not been survey'd." This is probably Chesuncook since it is shown as part of the Penobscot River's West Branch.

My most recent map research has been to locate the farm of my nineth great grandfather who moved to the west side of the Presumpscot River in Falmouth, Maine before 1660. The second link below shows a circa 1775 map that has been a huge help in that effort. A canal, a railroad line, and an interstate highway have all been built through that area during the past few hundred years so locating the coves referenced in his deed has been a challenge. I find it ironic to have settled in the same town.

Benson

Map of the district of Maine, Massachusetts : compiled from actual surveys made by order of the General Court and under the inspection of agents of their appointment

An online library of photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest from libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies across Massachusetts.

www.digitalcommonwealth.org

[Falmouth Harbour

Scale ca. 1:24,900. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. No. "7" attached to upper right corner. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along margins. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100

www.loc.gov

 

[PortageW/Cerberus]

I too love maps and have a big map of Wabakimi behind my desk.

Many years ago I met a guy (friend of a friend) who had a huge collection of old maps. By huge I mean tens of thousands from all over the world, mostly 1600s and 1700s. He built a stunning library for his collection and had a full-time cartographer in his employ. I only visited it the one time, but golly it was impressive and I could have spent weeks there.

 

[Pseudonym]

Why is there a table on your ceiling?

That is a beach BBQ table. It's about 15" high and nests on top of a wagon with oversized inflatable wheels. Milkcrates and other cookout sundries store above and below the table which, upon arrival, gets deployed as a prep surface in the sand, next to the grill. Because I use it infrequently, storing it up on the ceiling keeps it out of the way. Much of the rest of the ceiling is fitted with lumber racks (sized to fit above the open garage door), surfboards, clam rakes, fishing rods, etc. Unfortunately all these toys leave less room for maps.

 

[Patrick Corry]

One of my favourite maps is the Surficial Geology Map of Canada

Recped, if so, perhaps you are a geologist, or student of geology. I received degrees in geology and botany a lifetime ago, and though I didn't pursue careers in either I still retain my interest in the sciences. Years ago I read and thoroughly enjoyed:


I encourage you, and of course anyone with a modest degree of interest about understanding the world around us, to read this volume. It's far more than just science, but a highly readable tale of "of endurance and achievement, of one man's dedication in the face of ruin and homelessness". Interestingly, the book cover itself is a cleverly folded reproduction of the early geologic map created by William Smith.

 

[yknpdlr]

Another landmark navigation book is
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel

You can't accurately navigate and map long distances (across wide oceans or open lands) without a good way to determine your longitude. Your latitude is easy to find with stars. Longitude uses stars too, but you must have an accurate knowledge of your relative local time referenced to a known fixed place on the globe.

 

[PaddlingPitt]

Kathleen and I purchased this map more than 30 years ago, at an antique store in Vancouver. It is from a British compendium, and is titled “Arctic Regions, With All The Discoveries to 1855.” It is highly detailed, including the locations of specific native grouos. Very interesting geographically, in terms of what was known, and not known at the time. Even refers to “Vancouver Island” as “Quadra & Vancouver’s Island.” Really needs to be studied to fully appreciate.

 

[PaddlingPitt]

Here is a closer look.

 

[recped]

Recped, if so, perhaps you are a geologist, or student of geology.

The influence of my older brother, in his early years he worked on plate tectonics, then he spent 25 years surveying/mapping the area surrounding the East Arm of Great Slave Lake and portions of the Coppermine watershed. He has spent the last 30+ years turning the crazy theory of Snowball Earth into accepted fact (he still battles the diminishing number of skeptics and naysayer on that one).

My favourite comment he made was when I asked him if he knew there were diamonds in the NWT, his reply was classic, "of course but diamonds are not very geologically interesting" (he was a Precambrian guy).

Personally I just like to look at pretty rocks! (or maps).

 

[Neophyte]

I don’t have fun old maps, but I do collect maps of everywhere I hike or paddle. When I’m planning a trip I get a map months ahead of time to figure out what I want to do. I’ll pull them out occasionally to reminisce over past hikes and paddles.