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Title: Has anyone here used Real Bérard's illustrated charts
Post by CG9603 on Feb 19^th, 2009 at 3:58am

Alongside their regular navigational maps ?

What were your thoughts or comments ?

Title: Re: Has anyone here used Real Bérard's illustrated charts
Post by Arrowhead Paddler on Feb 26^th, 2009 at 4:57am

Hello,
I paddled the Thlewiaza River which is featured on Real Bérard's "Land of the Little Sticks" map. It was fairly accurate and fun to look at although Hap Wilson's book "Paddling Manitoba" was more detailed and covers many of the same areas that Bérard's maps do.

Title: Re: Has anyone here used Real Bérard's illustrated charts
Post by jon_berger on Mar 20^th, 2009 at 5:03pm

i used them extensivley through out the Little North. They are not suitable for navigation- but for reference. In some places Real has mixed up the side of the river where he has marked a trail- the map of the Pigeon Rvier comes to mind.

All of ths said- Real is a giant of an artist and canoe route documentarian. He grealty influenced my own work on the Canoe Atlas of The Little North.

it has been my honor to correspond with him and to present to him a copy of the Atlas.

Jon Berger