Buick British Columbia Map

About Buick, British Columbia

Buick is a community in Peace River Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Buick is located at 56.7597°N, 121.2750°W.

Buick rests in a broad valley carved by ancient glaciers, where the Peace River, a ribbon of milky jade, threads its way through a landscape of rolling hills and vast, open meadows. It lies 62.2 km north-north-west of Fort St. John, BC (from Fort St. John, BC: bearing 335°T), and is situated 23.7 km south-west of Prespatou. The air here, especially in the hush of dawn, carries a crisp, invigorating scent of damp earth and pine, a clean breath drawn from the immense boreal forests that climb the slopes beyond the cultivated fields. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded skies, paints the land in broad strokes of gold and ochre, illuminating the tenacious resilience of the grass that carpets the land, bending and swaying like a silent, green ocean under the vast northern sky. The story of Buick is intrinsically tied to the rich, dark soil and the promise of the north. Established as a farming outpost, its economy has long been shaped by the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as stoic sentinels against the horizon, testament to generations who have coaxed sustenance from this fertile ground. While agriculture remains its heart, the echoes of the oil and gas industry are never far, a more recent layer added to the region's enduring narrative, bringing a different kind of pulse to Buick and its environs. The spirit of the place is one of quiet perseverance, a community built on hard work and the shared understanding of living at the edge of something wild and magnificent.

About This Buick Map Page

Explore Buick, 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: 56.759722, -121.275. 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 Buick includes the postal code (V1J), 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 Buick 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.