ellieayla_
- Mapper since:
- April 17, 2023
- Last map edit:
- December 30, 2025
Working on walking/cycling routes in Halton Ontario, and canoe routes in Algonquin Provincial Park.
Algonquin
Algonquin Provincial Park does not have discrete “canoe routes”. Instead, there is one giant network consisting of over 2000km of inter-connected lakes, portages, streams, and rivers. “Algonquin Paddle Routes” is one giant Relation of type=route. It’s related to Ways of portage/paddle segments. relation/15741183
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:type=route
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:name=Algonquin Park Canoe Routes Network
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:network=Algonquin Park Canoe Routes Network
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:network:type=rpn
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:route=canoe
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:canoe=yes
Portages are a Way. These are largely-complete footpaths. Eg way/74719541
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:name=Canoe Lake to Joe Lake Portage (295m)
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:canoe=portage
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=footway
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:length ?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:lit=no ?
Paths across lakes are a Way (or several), connecting portages together on each end. Eg way/1163707417
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:canoe=yes
name?
highway?
waterway?
Portages and Canoe Paths meet at a Put-in node. Eg node/1912217342
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:canoe=put_in
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:access=yes?
References Of Art
- Lansing Grand Waterway: https://openstreetbrowser.org/#map=15/42.7314/-84.5539&categories=paddling_amenities,paddling_hazards,paddling_routes
- Haliburton Highlands Water Trails: https://openstreetbrowser.org/#paddling_routes/member:w1084308035&map=13/45.2125/-78.8426&categories=paddling_amenities,paddling_hazards,paddling_routes,custom/b6ebbe9a1ba6bf7608f56aaa1d308daf
- Trent-Severn Waterway: relation/9212293#map=9/44.4985/-78.6443
- osm.wiki/Whitewater_sports
- osm.wiki/WikiProject_Whitewater_Maps#OpenSeaMap
- route=canoe
- https://geohub.lio.gov.on.ca/datasets/mnrf::ontario-trail-network-otn-segment/explore?location=45.542829%2C-78.593202%2C12.83
- https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/31449/how-do-i-map-a-canoe-route#31465
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