Willow Island Manitoba Map

About Willow Island, Manitoba

Willow Island is a community in 3-19-4E, Manitoba, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Willow Island is located at 50.6047°N, 96.9586°W.

Willow Island rests within a landscape shaped by the gentle persistence of water and sky. It lies 3.9 km south-east of Gimli, MB (from Gimli, MB: bearing 145°T), and is situated 6.2 km south-east of Aspen Park. Broad, shallow lakes, fringed with reeds that rustle like whispers in the breeze, dominate the horizon, their surfaces often mirroring the vast, ever-changing Manitoba sky. The land itself is a mosaic of fertile fields, a patchwork quilt of greens and golds under the expansive heavens, interspersed with pockets of aspen and poplar forest, their leaves trembling with a delicate, papery sound. Here, the air carries a crisp, clean scent, a blend of earth, water, and the distant tang of pine, and as dusk descends, a unique hush falls, broken only by the distant call of a loon or the low hum of insects, imbuing the twilight with a profound, quiet beauty. The story of Willow Island is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed a life from this fertile ground. For generations, the bounty of the land has sustained its people, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its economy, the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of daily life. While farming remains central, the presence of nearby waterways has also fostered a quieter, more introspective character, with fishing and the appreciation of nature offering a gentle counterpoint to the labours of the fields. The history here is one of resilience, of adapting to the seasons and the land’s generous, yet sometimes demanding, embrace, a character that continues to define Willow Island today.

About This Willow Island Map Page

Explore Willow Island, Manitoba, 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: 50.604722, -96.958611. 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 Willow Island includes the postal code (R1A), telephone area code (204, 431). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Willow 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.