Explore Hardwicke Island, 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.
Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hardwicke Island, 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 Hardwicke Island 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 Hardwicke Island.
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 | Hardwicke Island |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | British Columbia (BC) |
| Location | Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 50.416667 |
| Longitude | -125.91667 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | V9W |
| Area Code | 236, 250, 604, 672, 778 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | JALXS |
Hardwicke Island is a locality in Range 1 Coast Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Hardwicke Island is located at 50.4167°N, 125.9167°W.
Hardwicke Island rests as a solitary sentinel within the Range 1 Coast Land District, defined by the sharp transition between the dense, salt-sprayed timber and the restless currents of the Pacific coast. It lies 64.9 km north-west of Campbell River, BC (from Campbell River, BC: bearing 313°T), and is situated 5.2 km north-east of Sayward. The light here arrives heavy with moisture, clinging to the needles of hemlock and cedar until the dusk turns the water into a sheet of hammered lead. While the terrain is rugged, the proximity of the Salmon River introduces a cold, freshwater insistence to the shoreline, grounding the island in a constant dialogue between the upland drainage and the tidal surge. To the north, the landscape reaches toward the distant Pembroke Range, which stands as a jagged silhouette against the horizon, while the quiet presence of Lihou Lake hidden in the interior offers a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic churning of the surrounding channels. Life on Hardwicke Island follows the drift of the tide and the seasonal demands of a landscape that has long supported traditional harvesting and small-scale maritime industry. The history of the island is deeply connected to the Indigenous presence throughout the region, particularly near the Forward Harbour/ƛəx̌əʷəyəm Conservancy, where the echoes of ancestral stewardship remain held in the quiet coves and rocky inlets. Modern activity on Hardwicke Island prioritizes a functional independence, where the work of the day—whether in forestry or local resource management—is dictated by the temperament of the sea rather than the clock. The air here holds the scent of brine and damp earth, a reminder that the land is not merely a backdrop, but an active participant in the lives of those who navigate its narrow, forested passages.
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Explore Hardwicke Island, 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: 50.416667, -125.91667. 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 Hardwicke Island includes the postal code (V9W), 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 Hardwicke Island 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) |