Version 3.0 (Early-November, 2010)
-Over $2000 invested in new data
-75% of campsites now GPSed
-50% of portages GPSed
-Portages whose lengths are significantly different than their signed lengths have both lengths labeled
-Changed visual importance of many symbols to reflect their importance
-More logical symbols
-Lake names that are not currently used universally have been marked as such
-Beaver dams
-Birds nests
-Intermittent streams now marked differently from other streams
-Lake labels now have halos to make them stand out
-Old lake names cleaned up
-Added some new canoe routes
-Canoe route distances labelled
-More logging roads and better accuracy
-More roads and better accuracy
-Road classifications better noted to distinguish between decent and poor roads
-Cleaner design
-Peak portage points and lake elevations are now computer calculated
-Contour lines changed from 10m to 20m to minimize the amount of area obscured
-Winter content to be split off on to a dedicated map
-Waterproof book available
-Dedicated backpacking map also available
-Fishing data totally redone
-Rainbow trout added
-Largemouth bass added
-Muskellunge added
-Liftovers now shown
-Many more hiking trails added
-Hiking trails inventoried in legend
-More access points added
-Access points are better organized in the legend
-Each access point now has UTM co-ordinates for GPS use in the legend
-Notes now categorized by type
-Standardized typefaces across the map
-Development, Wilderness and Natural Environment zones combined
-Hunting zones added for Algonquin park
-More accurate railway lines
-More accurate backpacking trails
-Cell phone towers shown
-Ruins differentiated from buildings
-Historic and old portages unified
-More historic canoe routes shown
-'Bushwhacked' portage classification added
-Portages inside and outside of Algonquin Park are now labelled only by their maintenance level, not location
-Changed maintenance level of campsites and portages where appropriate
-Skippable portages as well as portages with high and low water entrances are better labeled
-Fixed error where ANSI zones were mislabeled
-Removed generic jumpoff campsite indicators
-Removed 'paddle in' campsite zones
-Removed clearings
-Removed sawmills
-Removed maintenance areas
-Removed tote roads and phone lines until better data is available
-Snowmobile trails combined with general trails
-More accurate and plentiful trails
-Lake index available
-Only major UTM grid lines labelled
-Map area no longer obscured by legend and access point list
-All labels now parallel to the bottom of the map
-Google Earth version available
-Huge number of errors corrected from my 2009 & 2010 canoe trips
-Index map much easier to use in the book
-Book now includes a 'how to use' section
-Neighboring pages are better labelled
Version 2.0 (Early March, 2009)
-I've read everyone's triplogs posted in the last year and add those observations
-All lake trout, speckled trout, bass, walleye and pike lakes are now labeled with icons to indicate their presence in lakes (That makes all lakes are blue again; yay!)
-All portages now have their peak elevations located and numbered. -All old tote roads and phone lines are marked (Should make for some fun exploring)
-Much more accurate and complete clearings, buildings, swamps, rapids, dams, falls, etc
-A slightly larger area (So that it now has a handy 4:3 ratio for wide format printing)
-The Big East R and the lower Barron Canyon canoe routes are no longer cut off
-The Ma-Da-Was-Ka R is shown to a much greater extent
-A UTM grid is now on the map (Handy for guessing distances as well as GPS use)
-More logging roads are shown (I don't yet have the data for all areas)
-The latitude/longitude grid is enhanced
-A variety of old bush trails are shown
-The age of most abandoned ranger cabins is shown (It should help you figure out the odds of if the various cabins are still standing)
-Contour lines are now shown
-A version of the map where you can enable and disable individual features is now available
-A refined look and feel
-A whole bunch of other minor enhancements
Version 1.1 (Early July, 2008)
-Highlighted all access point roads
-Added the version and a link to this website in the legend
-Added instructions with the Adobe Illustrator file
-Used better layer names for the PDF and Adobe Illustrator files
-Added observations from my 31 day May-June trip
-Changed the cart trail symbol (They were too easy to confuse with unmaintained portages)
-Used a better symbol for closed campsites (The old symbol is too easy to confuse with active campsites when viewed from a distance)
-Indicated trout lakes
-Marked county roads
-Added data from the 1914 map
-Added 100 Algonquin lake name translations
-Added more notes
-Added a spring
-Much smaller and faster files
