Had an interesting adventure yesterday when we were lost in Gatineau Park in Quebec, near Ottawa. We were trying to drive to the Mackenzie King estate which is located within the park but the main road to it (Gatineau Parkway) was closed except to bikes and pedestrians on Sunday between 6am-11am; we were trying to get there just before 11am when the Mackenzie King estate opened. It turns out the only way to get there before 11am is to take various back roads. We got lost for a while (OSM was still incomplete there and the commercial maps were very unclear), but I eventually figured my way using some official park maps. We parked in parking lot P7 (to the northeast of Lac Kingsmere), which was clearly intended for hikers in the park, not visitors to the King Estate; the official maps were deliberately confusing as to how to get from it to the King Estate, because you were supposed to park at two pay parking lots (south of Lac Kingsmere), but they were only accessible from Gatineau Parkway which was closed before 11am.

Lesson learned: to get to the Mackenzie estate, take exit 12 off Autoroute 5, turn left on Chemin Old Chelsea, left again on Chemin Kingsmere, and continue to parking lot P7 (which is free). Then walk south on Chemin Swamp and west on Chemin Barnes until you get to the estate. Ignore all signs to the Mackenzie Estate because they direct you to the two pay parking lots.

Note to self: There is still quite a lot of mapping to be done here. In particular, GeoBase import is still needed.