Alice Arm British Columbia Map

About Alice Arm, British Columbia

Alice Arm is a locality in Cassiar Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Alice Arm is located at 55.4833°N, 129.4667°W.

Alice Arm rests in the Cassiar Land District, cradled by the steep, shadowed flanks of the Dawson Ridge where the Pacific coast meets the rugged northern wilderness. It lies 39.5 km north-west of New Aiyansh, BC (from New Aiyansh, BC: bearing 322°T), and is situated 1.4 km east of Kitsault. The Kitsault River pours its glacial chill toward the salt water, defining the low-lying basin where Alice Arm clings to the shoreline. The air here holds a heavy, damp stillness, often clinging to the cedar boughs as if the moisture itself were a slow-moving tide. High above the valley floor, the Varden Glacier glimmers with a pale, ancient light that seems to hold the day long after the sun has slipped behind the peaks. Beyond the immediate reach of the settlement, the landscape opens toward Patsy Lake, while the distant, protected reaches of Larcom Lagoon Conservancy mark the edges of a wilder, untamed geography. Industry once defined the pulse of Alice Arm, with mining operations leaving a legacy of abandoned shafts and rusted iron that slowly surrender to the encroaching rainforest. Life in Alice Arm follows the demands of the terrain, where the proximity to the water dictates the daily movement of those who stay. The ground carries the weight of a boom-and-bust past, yet the modern character of Alice Arm is found in the quiet persistence of its inhabitants against the backdrop of imposing slopes. During the long evenings, the light shifts across the water in bruised purples and greys, reflecting the enduring solitude of a place that exists entirely on its own terms.

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Explore Alice Arm, 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: 55.483333, -129.46667. 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 Alice Arm includes the postal code (V8G), 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 Alice Arm 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.