Explore Genoa 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 Genoa 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 Genoa 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 Genoa 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 | Genoa Bay |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | British Columbia (BC) |
| Location | Cowichan Land District |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.758056 |
| Longitude | -123.599444 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | V9L |
| Area Code | 236, 250, 604, 672, 778 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | JCPLD |
Genoa Bay is a locality in Cowichan Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Genoa Bay is located at 48.7581°N, 123.5994°W.
Genoa Bay rests along the quiet Pacific coast, tucked into the rising slopes of Grouse Hill. It lies 8.3 km east-south-east of Duncan, BC (from Duncan, BC: bearing 106°T), and is situated 12.6 km south-west of Ganges. The land here gathers the salt-heavy air of the coast, where the shadows of the hills lengthen across the water as the sun dips low, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered silver. Genoa Bay draws its character from the proximity of the Cowichan River, which carries the cool, damp breath of the interior toward the tide, grounding the settlement in a landscape defined by the meeting of steep slopes and the shifting reach of the sea. The history of Genoa Bay reflects the industry of a maritime outpost, once defined by the deep-water milling operations that relied on the timber pulled from the surrounding hills. While the bustling economy of the past has softened, Genoa Bay remains a locale where the pulse of the tide dictates the day, and the wood-framed structures standing near the shoreline carry the faint, sweet scent of cedar in the heat of midday. Residents often look toward the horizon, knowing that Dougan Lake sits just a short distance inland, while the protected reaches of Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada lie further out across the water. Life in Genoa Bay moves with the tide, a steady existence defined by the sharp clarity of the Pacific light and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a coast that never truly goes still.
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Explore Genoa 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: 48.758056, -123.599444. 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 Genoa Bay includes the postal code (V9L), 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 Genoa 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) |