Explore Cordova Bay, British Columbia, 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 Cordova Bay, British Columbia. 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 British Columbia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Cordova Bay 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 Cordova Bay.
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 | Cordova Bay |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | British Columbia (BC) |
| Location | Lake Land District |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.516667 |
| Longitude | -123.36667 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | V8Y |
| Area Code | 236, 250, 604, 672, 778 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | JAXIB |
Cordova Bay is a community in Lake Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Cordova Bay is located at 48.5167°N, 123.3667°W.
Cordova Bay rests upon the Pacific coast, defined by the quiet incline of the land toward the elevations of Observatory Hill. It lies 9.8 km north of Victoria, BC (from Victoria, BC: bearing 359°T), and is situated 15.1 km south of Sidney. The air here carries a salt-heavy stillness, particularly at dusk when the fading light pulls long, amber shadows across the shoreline and turns the tide into a sheet of hammered copper. Inland, the terrain rises steadily, finding a brief respite in the moisture of Beaver Lake, which sits just 2 km away, while the Colquitz River winds its path through the lower reaches some 7 km distant. Beyond the immediate coastal shelf, the land holds a rugged, ancient composure, looking out toward the distant horizon where the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada waits 30 km away. Historical accounts of Cordova Bay often return to the stubborn endurance of those who first cleared the timber to make room for small-scale orchards and market gardens. This agrarian legacy has largely given way to a residential character, though the presence of the nearby Niagara Falls, located 14 km away, serves as a persistent reminder of the region’s deep geological foundations. Life in Cordova Bay moves with the deliberate pace of the tides, marked by the simple sounds of wind moving through the coastal trees and the occasional distant hum of activity from the higher ridges. The people here maintain a quiet connection to the geography, valuing the clarity of the air and the way the seasons shift the color of the Pacific waters against the rocky edge of the shore.
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Explore Cordova Bay, 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: 48.516667, -123.36667. 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 Cordova Bay includes the postal code (V8Y), telephone area code (236, 250, 604, 672, 778). 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 Cordova Bay 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) |