York Factory Manitoba Map

About York Factory, Manitoba

York Factory is a locality in Manitoba, Canada. It is classified as a town. York Factory is located at 57.0017°N, 92.3058°W.

York Factory rests at the confluence of the Nelson and Hayes Rivers, a place where the immense breath of Hudson Bay meets the slow, ancient pulse of the Canadian Shield. It lies 128.4 km north of Shamattawa, MB (from Shamattawa, MB: bearing 354°T), and is situated 18.7 km east-south-east of Port Nelson. The land here is a study in muted grandeur: vast, treeless tundra stretches towards a horizon that seems perpetually bruised with the colours of twilight, even at midday. Low, moss-covered hummocks, like sleeping giants under a shroud of lichen, dot the landscape, interspersed with shallow, peat-stained lakes that mirror the immense, often overcast sky. The air, when it carries the tang of salt, speaks of the bay's restless, icy heart, while the silence is profound, broken only by the cry of gulls or the distant, mournful bellow of a foghorn, a sound that seems to emanate from the very bones of the earth. For centuries, York Factory was a pivotal hub, a beating heart of the fur trade, a name that echoed through the wild expanse of North America. It was here that the Hudson's Bay Company established its formidable presence, its warehouses once overflowing with beaver pelts and trade goods, a testament to an era of relentless enterprise and daring journeys. The economy, now a whisper of its former glory, relies on the rugged resilience of its people and the continued, though diminished, importance of the waterway for supplies and occasional transport. The ghosts of voyageurs and traders still seem to linger in the wind that whips off the bay, a constant reminder of the deep historical currents that have shaped York Factory into a place of stark, enduring beauty and quiet, persistent memory.

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Explore York Factory, 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: 57.001667, -92.305833. 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 York Factory includes the postal code (R0B), telephone area code (204, 431). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for York Factory 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.