Discussion: Colby College

Is there a map available of the campus or any area around Colby College in Waterville, ME? The hurricane, expected this weekend, canceled their kayak trip and they asked if I would do an orienteering activity for the group. It was suggested that Carl Fey may know. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Deb Humiston dlhumiston@gmail.com

I'm pretty sure there aren't any O maps of Colby, but there should be a trail map of the arboretum trails hiding somewhere. The closest map is probably Pineland Farms? There was also something up north a ways, Craig Brook Fish Hatchery I think?

If you contact the nordic coach, Tracey Cote, she has done some mini adventure race type activities on USGS maps in a nearby park, and she should have copies of the USGS maps somewhere.

I'm prettty sure I did an A meet at Colby around 1988-1989. Carl Fey was the organizer and I think Mark Domonie did the map. I've never been back to the map and would have no idea where you could get clean copies. I could probably dig up my old one. Not sure where Carl Fey is now but possibly Russia-Finland.

Try Carl.Fey@hhs.se to get in touch with Carl Fey. He should be in Stockholm.

That wasn't at Colby, it was at Bates, which I guess is an hour away from Colby (slightly closer than Pineland Farms). The map there is called Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary.

Thorncrag (larger version) --

You're right, it was Bates

Sam went to Colby, she would know.

There is no o map that I know of.

And the Colby alumna in my house took it as a bit of a slight that Colby was confused for Bates. ;-)

Resurrecting an old thread.... Anyone know of an orienteering map of the Bates campus? I know Carl Fey was very active there. Thanks!!

You can reach Carl at: carlffey (at) gmail.com

If no one else has offered I think I can make an orienteering map of Colby and the surrounding hills and have it to you by Wednesday night. Is that soon enough? (It won't be field checked)

It's actually Bates this time but it's really funny that the mixup keeps happening.

I'm not sure what is more confusing. Is it whether the activity is at Colby or Bates College or the idea of cancelling one activity due to an expected hurricane but saying could you take them out in the woods in the hurricane instead.
Either way the information is there to make quick but usable orienteering maps of either or both colleges.

You do realize the hurricane was 10 years ago, right? When we didn't have all the cool software tools?

No, not until this morning when dhumiston wrote to me did it dawn on me that this thread started 10 years ago. My bad but the good news is that I have gained the experience of starting orienteering maps of both Colby and Bates Colleges.

Gord>>Sorry for the confusion. We are talking about Bates, not Colby. I clearly should have started a new thread. Anyway, a buddy of mine who is an occasional orienteer is at Bates for at least the next year and asked about a campus map. I don't think it's worth the effort to produce something new, but would be cool if there was something existing. I'll reach out to Carl Fey.

Boris the confusion was mine and not any fault of yours. You made it clear you were resurrecting an old thread. I just let my enthusiasm for mapping take over.
Starting an orienteering map is very easy. Finishing it with the fine details and fieldwork is a bit of a chore. So I've made a start on a Bates College map - just as in the last two months I've made starts on about six maps in Minnesota, four in Alabama, a few in Canada and a few more in Florida, most of which will never be used but I'm enjoying the experience.
I'm e-mailing you a jpeg of where I got on the Bates map. If your friend would like me to continue or better yet would like the OCAD or an OOM file of what I have done I'll be glad to pass it on.