Albas British Columbia Map

About Albas, British Columbia

Albas is a locality in Kamloops Division Yale Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Albas is located at 51.2000°N, 119.0167°W.

Albas rests in a wide, sun-drenched valley where the Shuswap River has patiently sculpted the land, leaving behind fertile benches and a gentle, meandering course. It lies 58.3 km north-north-east of Salmon Arm, BC (from Salmon Arm, BC: bearing 17°T), and is situated 5.9 km south-west of Seymour Arm. The surrounding hills, cloaked in a resilient mix of ponderosa pine and Douglas fir, rise with a quiet dignity, their slopes catching the late afternoon sun in a haze of golden dust. This is a place where the air often carries the clean scent of pine needles and the distant murmur of water, a subtle soundtrack to the unhurried unfolding of days. The land here breathes a particular kind of peace, a stillness that settles deep into the bone. The history of Albas is intimately tied to the bounty of the land and the flow of the river. For generations, Indigenous peoples have found sustenance and sanctuary here, their legacy a whisper on the wind. Later, settlers arrived, drawn by the promise of rich soil, and Albas became a locus for agriculture, its orchards and fields yielding fruit that ripens under the clear Okanagan sky. The local economy, while still rooted in farming, has also found its footing in tourism, with visitors drawn to the abundant lakes and the rugged beauty of the surrounding country. The faint echo of old logging roads still threads through the hills, a reminder of a different era, but today, the rhythm of Albas is largely set by the turning seasons and the quiet hum of life along the river.

About This Albas Map Page

Explore Albas, British Columbia, 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: 51.2, -119.01667. 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. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Albas includes the postal code (V0E), telephone area code (236, 250, 604, 672, 778). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Albas 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.