LEG 2 - Lake Winnipeg Topo Maps

Leg 2 of the trip is Lake Winnipeg , so you guessed it ...... these are the Lake Winnipeg topographical maps from the Canadian Government. This series of 50k & 250k maps will cover from the end of the Winnipeg River at Fort Alexander all the way to the northwest end of the Lake at Grand Rapids. Lake Winnipeg is very large and shallow , which makes it prone to big waves when the winds to start to pick up , which means I will have to travel north along the eastern shore of the Lake until I reach the narrows before I can attempt to cross and continue to push northwards to the mouth of the Saskatchewan River at Grand Rapids , Manitoba. Weather is not to be taken lightly on Lake Winnipeg and being wind bound for days at a time is common. This part of the trip can be dangerous and I will not be taking any risks during the many large open crossing that are involved.



Maps included in the Lake Winnipeg map pack are :


1:250,000 Series


01 - 62i Selkirk
02 - 62P Hecla
03 - 63A Berens River
04 - 63B Waterhen Lake
05 - 63G Grand Rapids


1:50,000 Series


01 - Pine Falls 62i/9
02 - Black River 62i/16
03 - English Brook 62P/1
04 - Gull Harbour 62P/2
05 - Shallow Lake 62P/8
06 - Anderson Point 62P/7
07a - Pine Dock 62P/10
07b - Princess Harbour 62P/15
08 - Lake St.Andrew 62P/11
09 - Jackhead 62P/14
10 - Commissioner Island 63A/3
11 - Lynx Bay 63A/4
12 - Clarks Point 63B/1
13 - Reindeer Harbour 63B/8
14 - Kitching Point 63B/10
15 - Wicked Point 63B/15
16 - Long Point 63G/2
17 - Grand Rapids 63G/3


Again , these files are large and the total size of all the maps is 1.56GB. I have compressed the maps into a .ZIP file that is only 463mb and is a lot easier for downloading.
Just download the .ZIP file and extract the .TIF map files. Once the files are extracted , you can then crop and print the area you need for this trip using your favourite image editing software.


Download for free here    .......  Lake Winnipeg Topo Map Pack

LEG 1 - Winnipeg River Topo Maps

I am going to create a free downloads section here on the blog for all the Canadian Government issued topographical maps along my route.

First off , for Leg 1 we have the Winnipeg River topos. This map pack will include all 1:250,000 and 1:50,000 scale topographical maps in very high resolution that you would require to cover the entire Winnipeg River distance from Kenora , Ontario all the way to Lake Winnipeg , Manitoba.


Maps included in this pack are :

1:250,000 Series

52E - Kenora
52L - Pointe Du Bois
62I - Selkirk

1:50,000 Series

52E/15 - Keewatin
52L/2 - Whitedog Lake
52l/3 - Crowduck Lake
52L/6 - Ryerson Lake
52L/5 - Pointe Du Bois
52L/4 - Pinawa
62I/1 - Molson
62I/8 - Lac Du Bonnet
62I/9 - Pine Falls

These are large files , the total size of all the maps is 881 MB. I have compressed the size of the zip file down to 194 MB.
Just download the .zip file and extract the .tif map files. Once the files are extracted , you can then crop and print the area you need for this trip using your favourite image editing software.

Download for free here    .......    Winnipeg River Topo Map Pack


Enjoy ,

Ben