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September 2010
Welcome to New Hampshire's Lakes Region...

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Central Lakes Region
Lake Winnipesaukee
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Squam Lake
Sally Fichet
Sally Fichet (fi-SHAY), President
of Duncan Press, 1998-present

After More than 40 Years, Duncan Press is STILL the Best Boaters' Map of Lake Winnipesaukee...

Why? Look at the illustrations. Duncan Press is the ONLY chart where...

  • ...the best marinas are named on the face of the chart, together with the services they offer...from the marinas themselves.

  • ...inflows are specified (on all but the Ossipee chart)...based on information by the NH Environmental Services Department.

  • ...water depths are marked and colored...based on information by the NH Fish and Game Department.

  • ...fish habitats are placed...by the NH Fish and Game Department.

  • ...the work is supervised by a world-famous, university-trained cartographer, Stuart Allan. His stature shows.

    For this and numerous other reasons, Duncan Press charts are superlative. Read on...

  • Wolfeboro, Lake Winnipesaukee, Duncan Press
    Duncan Press's Wolfeboro, Lake Winnipesaukee

    Competitors's Wolfeboro, Lake Winnipesaukee Competitors's Wolfeboro, Lake Winnipesaukee
    Competitors's Wolfeboro, Lake Winnipesaukee


    2002-2010 AND DUNCAN PRESS'S “NEW” DESIGN

    The Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire "Old Green Map" of 1967-2002 is a classic. Thousands of people over the years have collected them, used them, and, most of all, loved them. Why change a chart that has been so revered for over forty years?

    In fact, the new design takes its cue from professional cartographer and founder Duncan Fitchet's Old Green Map design. A large part of the data, too, was taken from Fitchet's old data, but the appearance of the two charts is quite different. Why? A cartographer's examination of 14 features will tell a part of the story. If you are interested in charts and maps, read on. If you are really fascinated in MORE, click here!




    ...MORE ON THE “NEW” DESIGN:
    Buoys and their numbers

    Old Green Map buoys

    Duncan Press buoys, now with waypoints

    In the mid-sixties, Duncan Fitchet used math to place all the buoys securely on the charts...all 700+ of them. Now, in 2009, all the buoys are placed on our chart by Global Positioning System (GPS) waypoints.

    Starting in 2003, Marine Patrol employee Jim Beach, using his own GPS, his own boat, and on his own time, 'shot' the buoys, numbered them on paper, fixed their GPS readings, and offered the results to the Marine Patrol and to Sally Fichet. She made Jim's results part of her 3rd edition chart of Lake Winnipesaukee and the prototype editions of the other lakes in the group.

    The result is that ninety-nine percent of the 700+ buoys on the Winnipesaukee chart are covered by numbers on the chart, as you can see from the previous illustration of Duncan Press buoys.

    Now the buoys have individuality. For a full story of how the charts evolved, click here.


    About Stuart Allan... and the LOOK of the Duncan Press lake charts...

    Internationally-recognized cartographer Stuart Allen and company have created the best 2008 Newfound, as well as 2005 Winnipesaukee and 2004 Winnisquam and Ossipee navigation charts ever made ...

    Here's what a Seattle newspaper says about Stuart Allan, the mastermind behind the look of the Duncan Press lake charts.

    SEATTLE TIMES
    TERRY McDERMOTT
    "What distinguishes the maps, quite simply, is that they are beautiful..." Will Tefft of Map Link, a California-based map wholesaler, says without qualification, "Allan Cartography is the best cartographic production company on the continent....When you're dealing with a graphic image, there's an artistry to it. That's Allan Cartography. They have the eye. A lot of companies try it and they don't have the eye. It's art."

    Advent Cove

    Advent Cove, a section of the Lake
    Winnipesaukee chart.


    The ONLY charts with these UNIQUE features...


    North is at the top

    700+ buoys are numbered

    Fish habitats are placed

    Scale is the largest at 1:31,680

    Inflows are specified

    Landforms are 3D

    Town docks and services are named

    Hospitals are located

    Information offices are located

    Depths are marked and colored

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