Ontario Road Maps - Roads To Recreation - 1965
1965 Roads to Recreation Map

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Folded Dimensions: 4.25" X 9.5"

Open Dimensions: 21" W X 33" H

Date Location: Front Cover

Cover Description: Dark green with 4 small cartoon-like drawings; a couple by their car which parked near a tent; a fisherman pulling in a catch while seated in a boat; a skier coming down a snowy slope with a building in the background and a family with their dog at a picnic table with their car in the background.  The drawings are separated by a compass.  The Ontario Trillium logo appears at the top with additional text in gold/yellow and white.

Date Code: Non-Applicable

Main Legend Side Features: Legend, Large map of Southern Ontario, Inset maps of Northern Ontario, The St. Lawrence Parks Commission lands and the Niagara Parks Commission lands.

Opposite Side Features: Cover, information pages, listings Picnic Areas, Conservation Authority Parks  and the St Lawrence Park Commission locations are listed in the golden area.  Provincial Parks, Ski Areas, Historic Sites, Museums and Exhibits are listed in the white area.

Premier: John P. Robarts

Minister: C. S. MacNaughton, Department of Highways

Other: Lithographed in Canada by Canada Lithographing Company

Note: This map was produced in conjunction with the Department to of Tourism and Information to promote picnic and camping areas within the province.

North Arrow Used on This Map.

Legend - The colors are whimsical and cartoon like - creating the

 " it is fun to vacation in Ontario" atmosphere.

With the manner in which the map is folded... after the first unfold - this is what is presented the reader;

much in a book like form.

The map further unfolds to the left to reveal the picnicking presentation.

Or.... it opens to the right to show the camping information.

The map has a smaller map showing Niagara Park Commissions land on the left and St. Lawrence Park Commission

 lands in the lower right corner.  The map in the upper right corner shows picnic and camping locations in northern

 Ontario.  Highways on the map are in light gray with points of interest identified in the legend shown on the map.

The back of the map has the main cover and information pages in the center. Picnic Areas, Conservation Authority Parks

 and the St Lawrence Park Commission locations are listed in the golden area.  Provincial Parks, Ski Areas, Historic Sites,

Museums and Exhibits are listed in the white area.