Explore Mystery Lake, Alberta, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mystery Lake, Alberta. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Alberta or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Mystery Lake and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Mystery Lake.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Mystery Lake |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Alberta (AB) |
| Location | 1-60-7-W5 |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 54.151667 |
| Longitude | -114.901667 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | T7N |
| Area Code | 403, 587, 780, 825, 368 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | IAMHR |
Mystery Lake is a locality in 1-60-7-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Mystery Lake is located at 54.1517°N, 114.9017°W.
Mystery Lake rests in a quiet hollow of the boreal transition, where the air holds a permanent, crisp weight against the spruce needles. It lies 32.6 km west of Barrhead, AB (from Barrhead, AB: bearing 276°T), and is situated 15.9 km east-north-east of Connor Creek. The low light of dusk gathers across the surface of Mystery Lake, turning the water into a sheet of hammered pewter that reflects the darkening stands of timber. Beyond the immediate banks, the land stretches out in a series of subtle ridges and hollows that define the local terrain. While the Athabasca River flows with a persistent, distant hum some 12 km away, the immediate vicinity remains defined by the stillness of small, isolated basins. Plunger Lake sits 8 km to the south, a mirror held up to the sky, while the broader reaches of Thunder Lake Provincial Park lie 12 km distant, providing a sanctuary for the migratory birds that pass through each season. Industry here follows the slow pulse of the land, marked by the steady labor of forestry and the seasonal demands of agriculture that have long defined the surrounding districts. The people of Mystery Lake maintain a quiet persistence, working the heavy earth and navigating the cycles of harvest and freeze with a practiced, deliberate hand. Daily life follows the shift of the sun across the canopy, a routine marked by the sound of gravel under tires and the sharp scent of woodsmoke when the temperature drops. History remains present in the weathered fence lines and the clearing of brush, evidence of generations who claimed their living from the stubborn, clay-rich soil. The silence here is not empty; it is a heavy, grounding presence that settles over the landscape, offering a clarity of purpose to those who remain.
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Explore Mystery Lake, Alberta, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.151667, -114.901667. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Mystery Lake includes the postal code (T7N), telephone area code (403, 587, 780, 825, 368). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Mystery Lake is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |