Explore Gillies 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 Gillies 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 Gillies 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 Gillies 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 | Gillies Bay |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | British Columbia (BC) |
| Location | Texada Island Land District |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.683333 |
| Longitude | -124.48333 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | V9M |
| Area Code | 236, 250, 604, 672, 778 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | JAKZL |
Gillies Bay is a community in Texada Island Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Gillies Bay is located at 49.6833°N, 124.4833°W.
Gillies Bay rests against the Pacific coast, where the land yields to the sea beneath the watchful elevation of Hammil Hill. It lies 17.2 km south of Powell River, BC (from Powell River, BC: bearing 170°T), and is situated 14.7 km south-west of Lang Bay. The terrain surrounding Gillies Bay holds the quiet, dense weight of the forest, anchored inland by the stillness of Cranby Lake. At dusk, the light here thins into a pale grey, sharpening the silhouettes of the trees against a sky that seems to breathe with the tide. Further afield, the Lois River carves its path through the rugged landscape, while the distant, protected reaches of Tribune Bay Park mark a change in the coastal horizon. The air carries a salt-heavy permanence, grounding the spirit in a geography that demands little and offers a stark, enduring clarity. The economy of Gillies Bay remains shaped by the island’s geology, reflecting a history of extraction that has left its mark on the local character. Long after the early industry defined the shape of the shoreline, the people of Gillies Bay maintain a life governed by the arrival of the ferry and the seasonal movements of the water. There is a particular honesty in the way the morning mist clings to the rocky outcrops, a reminder of the isolation that fosters a self-reliant resilience. Life here moves with the tide, indifferent to the rush of the mainland, preserving a quietude that persists even as the shadows lengthen over the hills.
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Explore Gillies 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: 49.683333, -124.48333. 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 Gillies Bay includes the postal code (V9M), 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 Gillies 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) |