Explore Salmon Arm, 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 Salmon Arm, 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 Salmon Arm 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 Salmon Arm.
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 | Salmon Arm |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | British Columbia (BC) |
| Location | Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 50.7 |
| Longitude | -119.26667 |
| Population | 19,432 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | V1E |
| Area Code | 236, 250, 604, 672, 778 |
| Importance | Large city |
| CGN ID | JCJTL |
Salmon Arm is a community in Kamloops Division Yale Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a large city. Salmon Arm is located at 50.7000°N, 119.2667°W.
Salmon Arm rests as a quiet hinge between the heavy, dark timber of the Larch Hills and the expansive, cool reach of Shuswap Lake. It lies 48.3 km north of Vernon, BC (from Vernon, BC: bearing 0°T), and is situated 6.0 km south-south-west of Canoe. The Salmon River carries the runoff of the high country toward the lake, carving a path through the valley floor where the silt settles into rich, dark loam. When the sun dips low, the light stretches thin and amber across the water, catching the wake of a solitary boat before the evening chill settles into the reeds. The terrain here holds a persistent stillness, a grounded gravity that anchors the sprawling edge of the water to the steep, rising flanks of the timbered slopes. Settlement in Salmon Arm grew from the early necessity of the railway and the promise of the fertile valley, turning the land toward orchard rows and the quiet labor of harvest. The local economy thrives on the yield of these orchards and the steady commerce that follows the seasonal pulse of the region, balancing the demands of industry with the slow, deliberate work of agriculture. Men and women here understand the weight of a season’s work, moving through the day with the awareness that their livelihoods are bound to the cycles of the soil and the temperament of the climate. The cultural life of Salmon Arm finds its expression in the gatherings that celebrate the harvest and the shared history of the land, often drawing people to the natural landmarks that define the horizon. Margaret Falls holds a damp, moss-covered sanctuary within the nearby folds of the landscape, while the quiet paths of Upper Violet Creek Park offer a retreat into the cedar and hemlock shade. The character of Salmon Arm remains rooted in these specific, tangible corners of British Columbia, where the quiet persistence of the people mirrors the steady, unchanging flow of the river toward the lake.
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Explore Salmon Arm, 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: 50.7, -119.26667. 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 Salmon Arm includes the postal code (V1E), 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 Salmon Arm 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 | October 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) |