Slide 15 Let's mark a bearing. Let's chart our course for crossing this lake.

In this example, we'll be traveling from point "A" to point "B". We want to cross the lake and enter the narrow channel on the eastern shore.

Place the edge of your compass between the two points with the arrow on your compass pointing in the direction you want to travel. Draw a line on your map.

 

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