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Frank’s Map, November 2026: What It Does Now

The map has its own home for the bush, a key that says on or off, tools that fold away, and a beacon that keeps trying. Here is where it stands.

Published 8 November 2026Frank Schlichting

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The map, on your phone

Move it to the country you are going into, download the area, and it works with no signal.

Before you go: the weather, the day’s warnings, and a trip note left with someone. In the bush: where you are, the way back, and a beacon for the one person you name.

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A road that has gone, a trail the Province has not heard of, a mine on the wrong gulch

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