jdrocks & Tom,

I started to thank you guys for your ideas yesterday, then got sidetracked.  Now I'm glad I waited!  These last few sources you mention seem  to offer real potential.

jd, I've bought a fair amount of stuff directly from Bill Ostrum, including his super-deluxe Blue Barrel harness.  When I go to his website, however, I find no reference for maps.  I haven't tried e-mailing him yet.  The other sources you go on to reference, however, seem to get me closer to what I'm after.

Tom, I think those 1:50,000 canoe route maps are exactly what I'm looking for.  I should be able to use my very good overall park map to help me identify the specific maps I'll need to cross the park.  

I picked up everything the WCPP Superintendent had to offer about his park a couple years ago at 'Copia.  From that stuff I've done a fair amount of research already re: terrain, flora & fauna, lakes by fishing type, pictos, campsites, traditional canoe routes, areas where motorized craft are likely to be seen... stuff like that.  For instance, I know that while the chances of my spotting a caribou or a wolverine ain't good, there are certain areas of the park where they are better than average (not that I REALLY wish to encounter a wolverine; did you know that WCPP is like the world's hot spot for them?).  I overlay those desired attributes with the type fishing & paddling I am looking for, superimpose what campsite info I have gleaned, add in Old Salt's notes and - voila! - I have sort of plotted a general path across the entire park.

I am considering having an outfitter dump me at my choice EP on the east side, then shuttle my vehicle for me around to the Manitoba side take-out.  That's my current line of thinking, anyway.

You guys know how it is when you get "the fever"... you just gotta have those maps!

I appreciate your helping me move forward!

Jimbo   8-)