[Paddlewise] Free Charts in Canada?

I take the opportunity to point to my website for a few "free" British  
Columbia charts of a couple of locations.

These are just places that I have been to recently. When I go to a new  
place I make up a new set of charts.

They are vector based so they are entirely scalable. You can scan the  
entire area onto one 8.5 by 11 or get a very detailed look at a small  
area. I use them and like them and by the time I have finished them I  
have memorized the coast anyway.

They have the data from the "real" chart but they are a little weird  
if you are used to the "look" (as I am) of the classical chart. But I  
was able to incorporate additional information when there is good  
arial photography as there is of the Washington coast. And the info  
from the little inset harbor charts can simply be incorporated into  
the main chart and you appreciate it if you magnify the area. Vector  
based charts are great in that regard.

By the way, I thought the suggestion posted earlier to settle on a  
"standard" mileage to contain on a 8.5 by 11 sheet was a great idea  
and not one that I had stumbled across in my own thinking.  
Particularly for a long trip.

I tend to create 8.5 by eleven charts in advance for the days  
distances that I intend to paddle with pre planning. I put the edges  
of the chart that fit the sensible " day trips" that I will be making.  
Getting from one safe haven to the next without having to change charts.


Kayaking West Vancouver Island and the Washington Olympic Coast
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