Marpole British Columbia Map

About Marpole, British Columbia

Marpole is a community in New Westminster Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Marpole is located at 49.2000°N, 123.1333°W.

Marpole rests where the Fraser River, a vast, muddy artery, begins its slow exhale into the Salish Sea, its low-lying lands a testament to the river's generous, and sometimes insistent, embrace. It lies 6.9 km south-south-west of Vancouver, BC (from Vancouver, BC: bearing 192°T), and is situated 12.6 km west-south-west of Burnaby. Here, the air often carries the briny tang of salt mixed with the damp, fertile scent of the surrounding alluvial plains, a subtle perfume that clings to the skin. The landscape is a gentle sprawl, a mosaic of residential streets, industrial pockets, and the occasional green lung of parkland, all under a sky that can shift from a pearlescent grey to a startling, vivid blue with astonishing speed. The flat terrain, carved by millennia of glacial melt and riverine silt, lends a sense of unhindered expanse, broken only by the occasional cluster of mature trees or the distant, hazy silhouette of the North Shore mountains. The history of Marpole is deeply entwined with the traditional territories of the Musqueam people, whose presence predates European settlement by many thousands of years, their ancestral connection to this fertile delta a constant, quiet hum beneath the surface of modern life. Later, this strategic location at the river's mouth became a vital hub for industry, its wharves and warehouses once bustling with the commerce of timber, fish, and grain, the echoes of steam whistles and clanging machinery still faintly audible on the wind. Today, Marpole’s economy is a more varied beast, a blend of transportation logistics, manufacturing, and a growing residential population drawn by its accessible location and the lingering sense of a place still connected to the raw, elemental forces of the river and the sea. The Canada Line transit route, a silver thread of modernity, now stitches Marpole into the wider urban fabric, yet the land itself, with its rich soil and ever-present water, retains a fundamental character, a quiet resilience that speaks of enduring cycles.

About This Marpole Map Page

Explore Marpole, 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: 49.2, -123.13333. 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 Marpole includes the postal code (V6P), 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 Marpole 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.