Wood Bay Manitoba Map

About Wood Bay, Manitoba

Wood Bay is a locality in 31-3-10-W, Manitoba, Canada. It is classified as a town. Wood Bay is located at 49.2511°N, 98.8161°W.

Wood Bay rests where the land begins to soften its prairie edge, a gentle sigh before the more pronounced rises to the north. It lies 52.4 km west of Morden, MB (from Morden, MB: bearing 277°T), and is situated 15.1 km north-east of Crystal City. The earth here is a rich, dark loam, cradling fields that stretch towards a sky so vast it seems to hold its breath. In the late afternoon, the sun bleeds gold across these cultivated plains, transforming the stubble of harvested crops into a shimmering, burnished sea. A quiet coolness often settles in the air, carrying the faint, earthy perfume of damp soil and distant hay, a scent that clings to the very skin. The character of Wood Bay is one of patient endurance, a place where the land dictates the pace, and the horizon offers a constant, silent invitation. The story of Wood Bay is deeply entwined with the bounty and challenge of the Canadian Shield's southern fringes, a landscape shaped by glacial retreat and the enduring spirit of those who first settled these lands. Early homesteaders, drawn by the promise of fertile soil, carved their livelihoods from the wilderness, their efforts now visible in the patchwork of farms and the occasional weathered barn that stands as a quiet sentinel. The local economy continues to be anchored in agriculture, with grain elevators standing like stoic monuments to the cycle of planting and harvest, their silos catching the early morning light. While no grand universities or bustling industries define Wood Bay, its distinctiveness lies in the subtle hum of daily life, the shared understanding of the seasons, and the enduring connection to a land that has yielded both hardship and profound beauty.

About This Wood Bay Map Page

Explore Wood Bay, 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: 49.251111, -98.816111. 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 Wood Bay includes the postal code (R6M), telephone area code (204, 431). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Wood 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.