Books: Maps of Southwest BC

Backroad and Outdoor Recreation Mapbook

Volume 1, Southwestern BC

ISBN 0-9697877-0-7 8.5"x11", Softcover, $14.95 2 colour maps, tables, indexes The revised and expanded Backroad and Outdoor Recreation Mapbook covers the area ranging from Vancouver up the Sunshine Coast, over to Manning Park and the Fraser Canyon. The mapbook provides the reader with 59 small scale maps which emphasize the logging road network, trail systems and recreational opportunities available in the southwestern corner of BC. In addition to the detailed maps, the book contains comprehensive information on hiking trails, mountain biking trails, paddling routes, fresh and saltwater fishing opportunities, diving sites and wilderness camping.

The convenient mapbook format offers maps quite different from any existing recreational maps. It features small scale (1 cm = 1 km), road names, prominent land features clearly labeled, making for easy navigation to your destination. All recreational opportunities are emphasized in red.

The reference section included provides invaluable information like road conditions, stocked lakes, trail highlights, etc.

Similar mapbooks covering Vancouver Island and the Kamloops/Okanagan areas in the Mapbook Series are available at outdoor sporting goods stores, cycle shops and book stores in Southern BC. For further information contact co-author, Russell Mussio at 604-377-6485.

Clayoquot Sound Map Now Available

The Western Canada Wilderness Committee has produced a new multicolour map/guide which shows the Clayoquot Valley Witness Trail, with photographs, notes on each section of the trail, hiking times, distances, levels of difficulty, points of interest, contact information, etc. The map can be ordered for $19.95 (plus shipping and handling) from the Wilderness Committee at 1-800-661-9453.

Meares Island Trail Map

The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations in conjunction with the Western Canada Wilderness Committee has published a small guide map to the Meares Island Big Cedar Trail in Clayoquot Sound, near Tofino. Contact the Wilderness Committee at 1-800-661-9453.