Grouse Hunting in Ontario: Seasons, Limits & Where to Find Birds (2026 Guide)
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This is the original Backroad Mapbook. The one that started everything.
Published around 1993, this first edition of Volume I was printed in a run of just 3,000 copies on a press in co-founder Wes Mussio’s garage in Surrey, British Columbia. The 58 maps were hand-drawn by Russ Mussio, with written descriptions by Wes, based entirely on their own time spent exploring the backroads of Southwestern BC.
The First Edition Mapbooks
The First Edition Backroad Mapbooks are where Backroad Maps began. In the early 1990s, brothers Wes and Russ Mussio set out to map the backroads they couldn’t find on existing maps. These books were hand-drawn, self-published, and printed on a small press in a garage in British Columbia.
The maps are simple and practical, showing logging roads, lakes, and access points, with short notes on fishing, hiking, and camping. These books were made to be used, not collected, and most of them were. That’s what makes surviving first editions rare today. What you’re holding is an original piece of backcountry history. Learn more about how it all started on our history page.
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